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Journals of Dorothy Wordsworth, Vol. 1 (of 2)
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Dorothy Wordsworth
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Friday,
29th.--Sought
Coleridge
at
the
bookseller's,
and
went
to
the
Promenade....
All
the
Hamburghers
full
of
Admiral
Nelson's
victory.
Called
at
a
baker's
shop.
Put
two
shillings
into
the
baker's
hands,
for
which
I
was
to
have
had
four
small
rolls.
He
gave
me
two.
I
let
him
understand
that
I
was
to
have
four,
and
with
this
view
I
took
one
shilling
from
him,
pointed
to
it
and
to
two
loaves,
and
at
the
same
time
offering
it
to
him.
Again
I
took
up
two
others.
In
a
savage
manner
he
half
knocked
the
rolls
out
of
my
hand,
and
when
I
asked
him
for
the
other
shilling
he
refused
to
return
it,
and
would
neither
suffer
me
to
take
bread,
nor
give
me
back
my
money,
and
on
these
terms
I
quitted
the
shop.
I
am
informed
that
it
is
the
boast
and
glory
of
these
people
to
cheat
strangers,
that
when
a
feat
of
this
kind
is
successfully
performed
the
man
goes
from
the
shop
into
his
house,
and
triumphantly
relates
it
to
his
wife
and
family.
The
Hamburgher
shopkeepers
have
three
sorts
of
weights,
and
a
great
part
of
their
skill,
as
shopkeepers,
consists
in
calculating
upon
the
knowledge
of
the
buyer,
and
suiting
him
with
scales
accordingly....
Saturday,
30th
September.--The
grand
festival
of
the
Hamburghers,
dedicated
to
Saint
Michael,
observed
with
solemnity,
but
little
festivity.
Perhaps
this
might
be
partly
owing
to
the
raininess
of
the
evening.
In
the
morning
the
churches
were
opened
very
early.
St.
Christopher's
was
quite
full
between
eight
and
nine
o'clock.
It
is
a
large
heavy-looking
building,
immense,
without
either
grandeur
or
beauty;
built
of
brick,
and
with
few
windows....
There
are
some
pictures,
...
one
of
the
Saint
fording
the
river
with
Christ
upon
his
back--a
giant
figure,
which
amused
me
not
a
little....
Walked
with
Coleridge
and
Chester
upon
the
promenade....
We
took
places
in
the
morning
in
the
Brunswick
coach
for
Wednesday.
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