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Journals of Dorothy Wordsworth, Vol. 1 (of 2)
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Dorothy Wordsworth
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Thursday,
3rd
December
1801.--Wm.
walked
into
Easedale.
Hail
and
snow....
I
wrote
a
little
bit
of
my
letter
to
Coleridge....
Friday,
4th.--
...
Wm.
translating
The
Prioress's
Tale.
William
and
Mary
walked
after
tea
to
Rydale.
I
finished
the
letter
to
Coleridge,
and
we
received
a
letter
from
him
and
Sara.
C.'s
letter
written
in
good
spirits.
A
letter
of
Lamb's
about
George
Dyer
with
it.[42]
[Footnote
42:
An
unprinted
letter.--ED.]
Saturday,
5th.--
...
Wm.
finished
The
Prioress's
Tale,
and
after
tea
Mary
and
he
wrote
it
out....
Sunday,
6th.--A
very
fine
beautiful
sunshiny
morning.
Wm.
worked
a
while
at
Chaucer,
then
we
set
forward
to
walk
into
Easedale....
We
walked
backwards
and
forwards
in
the
flat
field,
which
makes
the
second
course
of
Easedale,
with
that
beautiful
rock
in
the
field
beside
us,
and
all
the
rocks
and
the
woods
and
the
mountains
enclosing
us
round.
The
sun
was
shining
among
them,
the
snow
thinly
scattered
upon
the
tops
of
the
mountains.
In
the
afternoon
we
sate
by
the
fire:
I
read
Chaucer
aloud,
and
Mary
read
the
first
canto
of
The
Fairy
Queen.
After
tea
Mary
and
I
walked
to
Ambleside
for
letters....
It
was
a
sober
starlight
evening.
The
stars
not
shining
as
it
were
with
all
their
brightness
when
they
were
visible,
and
sometimes
hiding
themselves
behind
small
greying
clouds,
that
passed
soberly
along.
We
opened
C.'s
letter
at
Wilcock's
door.
We
thought
we
saw
that
he
wrote
in
good
spirits,
so
we
came
happily
homewards
where
we
arrived
2
hours
after
we
left
home.
It
was
a
sad
melancholy
letter,
and
prevented
us
all
from
sleeping.
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