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Journals of Dorothy Wordsworth, Vol. 1 (of 2)
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Dorothy Wordsworth
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Passed
no
very
remarkable
place
till
we
came
to
Sir
James
Colquhoun's
house,
which
stands
upon
a
large,
flat,
woody
peninsula,
looking
towards
Ben
Lomond.
There
must
be
many
beautiful
walks
among
the
copses
of
the
peninsula,
and
delicious
views
over
the
water;
but
the
general
surface
of
the
country
is
poor,
and
looks
as
if
it
ought
to
be
rich
and
well
peopled,
for
it
is
not
mountainous;
nor
had
we
passed
any
hills
which
a
Cumbrian
would
dignify
with
the
name
of
mountains.
There
was
many
a
little
plain
or
gently-sloping
hill
covered
with
poor
heath
or
broom
without
trees,
where
one
should
have
liked
to
see
a
cottage
in
a
bower
of
wood,
with
its
patch
of
corn
and
potatoes,
and
a
green
field
with
a
hedge
to
keep
it
warm.
As
we
advanced
we
perceived
less
of
the
coldness
of
poverty,
the
hills
not
having
so
large
a
space
between
them
and
the
lake.
The
surface
of
the
hills
being
in
its
natural
state,
is
always
beautiful;
but
where
there
is
only
a
half
cultivated
and
half
peopled
soil
near
the
banks
of
a
lake
or
river,
the
idea
is
forced
upon
one
that
they
who
do
live
there
have
not
much
of
cheerful
enjoyment.
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