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Journals of Dorothy Wordsworth, Vol. 1 (of 2)
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Dorothy Wordsworth
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The
first
object
that
interested
us
was
a
gentleman's
house
upon
a
green
plain
or
holm,
almost
close
to
the
Clyde,
sheltered
by
tall
trees,
a
quiet
modest
mansion,
and,
though
white-washed,
being
an
old
building,
and
no
other
house
near
it,
or
in
connexion
with
it,
and
standing
upon
the
level
field,
which
belonged
to
it,
its
own
domain,
the
whole
scene
together
brought
to
our
minds
an
image
of
the
retiredness
and
sober
elegance
of
a
nunnery;
but
this
might
be
owing
to
the
greyness
of
the
afternoon,
and
our
having
come
immediately
from
Glasgow,
and
through
a
country
which,
till
now,
had
either
had
a
townish
taint,
or
at
best
little
of
rural
beauty.
While
we
were
looking
at
the
house
we
overtook
a
foot-traveller,
who,
like
many
others,
began
to
talk
about
our
car.
We
alighted
to
walk
up
a
hill,
and,
continuing
the
conversation,
the
man
told
us,
with
something
like
a
national
pride,
that
it
belonged
to
a
Scotch
Lord,
Lord
Semple;
he
added,
that
a
little
further
on
we
should
see
a
much
finer
prospect,
as
fine
a
one
as
ever
we
had
seen
in
our
lives.
Accordingly,
when
we
came
to
the
top
of
the
hill,
it
opened
upon
us
most
magnificently.
We
saw
the
Clyde,
now
a
stately
sea-river,
winding
away
mile
after
mile,
spotted
with
boats
and
ships,
each
side
of
the
river
hilly,
the
right
populous
with
single
houses
and
villages--Dunglass
Castle
upon
a
promontory,
the
whole
view
terminated
by
the
rock
of
Dumbarton,
at
five
or
six
miles'
distance,
which
stands
by
itself,
without
any
hills
near
it,
like
a
sea-rock.
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