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Journals of Dorothy Wordsworth, Vol. 1 (of 2)
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Dorothy Wordsworth
96
Tuesday,
2nd
February.--
...
Wm.
went
into
the
orchard
after
breakfast,
to
chop
wood.
We
walked
into
Easedale....
Walked
backwards
and
forwards
between
Goody
Bridge
and
Butterlip
How.
William
wished
to
break
off
composition,
but
was
unable,
and
so
did
himself
harm.
The
sun
shone,
but
it
was
cold.
William
worked
at
The
Pedlar.
After
tea
I
read
aloud
the
eleventh
book
of
Paradise
Lost.
We
were
much
impressed,
and
also
melted
into
tears.
The
papers
came
in
soon
after
I
had
laid
aside
the
book--a
good
thing
for
my
Wm....
Wednesday,
3rd.--A
rainy
morning.
We
walked
to
Rydale
for
letters.
Found
one
from
Mrs.
Cookson
and
Mary
H.
It
snowed
upon
the
hills.
We
sate
down
on
the
wall
at
the
foot
of
White
Moss.
Sate
by
the
fire
in
the
evening.
Wm.
tired,
and
did
not
compose.
He
went
to
bed
soon,
and
could
not
sleep.
I
wrote
to
Mary
H.
Sent
off
the
letter
by
Fletcher.
Wrote
also
to
Coleridge.
Read
Wm.
to
sleep
after
dinner,
and
read
to
him
in
bed
till
1/2
past
one.
Thursday,
4th.--
...
Wm.
thought
a
little
about
The
Pedlar.
Read
Smollet's
life.
Friday,
5th.--A
cold
snowy
morning.
Snow
and
hail
showers.
We
did
not
walk.
Wm.
cut
wood
a
little.
Sate
up
late
at
The
Pedlar.
Saturday,
6th
February.--
...
Two
very
affecting
letters
from
Coleridge;
resolved
to
try
another
climate.
I
was
stopped
in
my
writing,
and
made
ill
by
the
letters....
Wrote
again
after
tea,
and
translated
two
or
three
of
Lessing's
Fables.
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