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Journals of Dorothy Wordsworth, Vol. 1 (of 2)
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Dorothy Wordsworth
40
Sunday,
18th.--Went
to
church,
slight
showers,
a
cold
air.
The
mountains
from
this
window
look
much
greener,
and
I
think
the
valley
is
more
green
than
ever.
The
corn
begins
to
shew
itself.
The
ashes
are
still
bare.
A
little
girl
from
Coniston
came
to
beg.
She
had
lain
out
all
night.
Her
step-mother
had
turned
her
out
of
doors;
her
father
could
not
stay
at
home
"she
flights
so."
Walked
to
Ambleside
in
the
evening
round
the
lake,
the
prospect
exceeding
beautiful
from
Loughrigg
Fell.
It
was
so
green
that
no
eye
could
weary
of
reposing
upon
it.
The
most
beautiful
situation
for
a
home,
is
the
field
next
to
Mr.
Benson's.
I
was
overtaken
by
two
Cumberland
people
who
complimented
me
upon
my
walking.
They
were
going
to
sell
cloth,
and
odd
things
which
they
make
themselves,
in
Hawkshead
and
the
neighbourhood....
Letters
from
Coleridge
and
Cottle.
John
Fisher[17]
overtook
me
on
the
other
side
of
Rydale.
He
talked
much
about
the
alteration
in
the
times,
and
observed
that
in
a
short
time
there
would
be
only
two
ranks
of
people,
the
very
rich
and
the
very
poor,
"for
those
who
have
small
estates,"
says
he,
"are
forced
to
sell,
and
all
the
land
goes
into
one
hand."
Did
not
reach
home
till
ten
o'clock.
[Footnote
17:
Their
neighbour
at
Town-End,
who
helped
Wordsworth
to
make
the
steps
up
to
the
orchard,
in
Dove
Cottage
garden.--ED.]
Monday.--Sauntered
a
good
deal
in
the
garden,
bound
carpets,
mended
old
clothes,
read
Timon
of
Athens,
dried
linen....
Walked
up
into
the
Black
Quarter.[18]
I
sauntered
a
long
time
among
the
rocks
above
the
church.
The
most
delightful
situation
possible
for
a
cottage,
commanding
two
distinct
views
of
the
vale
and
of
the
lake,
is
among
those
rocks....
The
quietness
and
still
seclusion
of
the
valley
affected
me
even
to
producing
the
deepest
melancholy.
I
forced
myself
from
it.
The
wind
rose
before
I
went
to
bed....
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