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Journals of Dorothy Wordsworth, Vol. 1 (of 2)
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Dorothy Wordsworth
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The
road
carried
us
sometimes
close
to
the
lake,
sometimes
at
a
considerable
distance
from
it,
over
moorish
grounds,
or
through
half-cultivated
enclosures;
we
had
the
lake
on
our
right,
which
is
here
so
wide
that
the
opposite
hills,
not
being
high,
are
cast
into
insignificance,
and
we
could
not
distinguish
any
buildings
near
the
water,
if
any
there
were.
It
is
however
always
delightful
to
travel
by
a
lake
of
clear
waters,
if
you
see
nothing
else
but
a
very
ordinary
country;
but
we
had
some
beautiful
distant
views,
one
in
particular,
down
the
high
road,
through
a
vista
of
over-arching
trees;
and
the
near
shore
was
frequently
very
pleasing,
with
its
gravel
banks,
bendings,
and
small
bays.
In
one
part
it
was
bordered
for
a
considerable
way
by
irregular
groups
of
forest
trees
or
single
stragglers,
which,
although
not
large,
seemed
old;
their
branches
were
stunted
and
knotty,
as
if
they
had
been
striving
with
storms,
and
had
half
yielded
to
them.
Under
these
trees
we
had
a
variety
of
pleasing
views
across
the
lake,
and
the
very
rolling
over
the
road
and
looking
at
its
smooth
and
beautiful
surface
was
itself
a
pleasure.
It
was
as
smooth
as
a
gravel
walk,
and
of
the
bluish
colour
of
some
of
the
roads
among
the
lakes
of
the
north
of
England.
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