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Journals of Dorothy Wordsworth, Vol. 1 (of 2)
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Dorothy Wordsworth
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Sunday,
13th.--Mr.
Clarkson
left
us,
leading
his
horse....
The
boy
brought
letters
from
Coleridge,
and
from
Sara.
Sara
in
bad
spirits
about
C.
Monday,
14th
December.--Wm.
and
Mary
walked
to
Ambleside
in
the
morning
to
buy
mouse-traps....
I
wrote
to
Coleridge
a
very
long
letter
while
they
were
absent.
Sate
by
the
fire
in
the
evening
reading.
Thursday,
17th.--Snow
in
the
night
and
still
snowing....
Ambleside
looked
excessively
beautiful
as
we
came
out--like
a
village
in
another
country;
and
the
light
cheerful
mountains
were
seen,
in
the
long
distance,
as
bright
and
as
clear
as
at
mid-day,
with
the
blue
sky
above
them.
We
heard
waterfowl
calling
out
by
the
lake
side.
Jupiter
was
very
glorious
above
the
Ambleside
hills,
and
one
large
star
hung
over
the
corner
of
the
hills
on
the
opposite
side
of
Rydale
water.
Friday,
18th
December
1801.--Mary
and
Wm.
walked
round
the
two
lakes.
I
staid
at
home
to
make
bread.
I
afterwards
went
to
meet
them,
and
I
met
Wm.
Mary
had
gone
to
look
at
Langdale
Pikes.
It
was
a
cheerful
glorious
day.
The
birches
and
all
trees
beautiful,
hips
bright
red,
mosses
green.
I
wrote
to
Coleridge.
Sunday,
20th
December.--It
snowed
all
day.
It
was
a
very
deep
snow.
The
brooms
were
very
beautiful,
arched
feathers
with
wiry
stalks
pointed
to
the
end,
smaller
and
smaller.
They
waved
gently
with
the
weight
of
the
snow.
Monday
21st
being
the
shortest
day,
Mary
walked
to
Ambleside
for
letters.
It
was
a
wearisome
walk,
for
the
snow
lay
deep
upon
the
roads
and
it
was
beginning
to
thaw.
I
stayed
at
home.
Wm.
sate
beside
me,
and
read
The
Pedlar.
He
was
in
good
spirits,
and
full
of
hope
of
what
he
should
do
with
it.
He
went
to
meet
Mary,
and
they
brought
four
letters--two
from
Coleridge,
one
from
Sara,
and
one
from
France.
Coleridge's
were
melancholy
letters.
He
had
been
very
ill.
We
were
made
very
unhappy.
Wm.
wrote
to
him,
and
directed
the
letter
into
Somersetshire.
I
finished
it
after
tea.
In
the
afternoon
Mary
and
I
ironed.
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