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... land . To such travellers the following pages will , it is hoped , be of some interest . It is not meant that they should supersede the more precise and methodi- cal information of the guide - books . They are offered to the scholar ...
... land . To such travellers the following pages will , it is hoped , be of some interest . It is not meant that they should supersede the more precise and methodi- cal information of the guide - books . They are offered to the scholar ...
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... . Seventy of them tried to do it , and were drowned ; and the Saint having seen them sink , no doubt with great satisfaction , walked to the land very com- - - posedly and devoutly , and was then and there be- THE ENGLISH LAKES . 9.
... . Seventy of them tried to do it , and were drowned ; and the Saint having seen them sink , no doubt with great satisfaction , walked to the land very com- - - posedly and devoutly , and was then and there be- THE ENGLISH LAKES . 9.
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... land ; -but if it were , it would be easy to show that Mr. Wordsworth has taken a very narrow , exclusive , and aristocratic view of the great civilizer of modern times . He has placed himself on the same pinnacle of ridiculous dis ...
... land ; -but if it were , it would be easy to show that Mr. Wordsworth has taken a very narrow , exclusive , and aristocratic view of the great civilizer of modern times . He has placed himself on the same pinnacle of ridiculous dis ...
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... land- scape of extreme beauty . It is no part of the plan of this little book to record the conversation of Mr. Wordsworth during the two hours that I had the pleasure and advantage of his society . Interesting as the record might be ...
... land- scape of extreme beauty . It is no part of the plan of this little book to record the conversation of Mr. Wordsworth during the two hours that I had the pleasure and advantage of his society . Interesting as the record might be ...
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... land unexplored . It is about thirteen miles and a half south of Penrith , and nine miles from Pooley Bridge . It is nearly three miles long , by half a mile broad , and lies embosomed amid lofty mountains , skirted by Naddle Forest and ...
... land unexplored . It is about thirteen miles and a half south of Penrith , and nine miles from Pooley Bridge . It is nearly three miles long , by half a mile broad , and lies embosomed amid lofty mountains , skirted by Naddle Forest and ...
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2d Edition admiration Ambleside ancient ascent ballad Bassenthwaite beautiful Bishop Blencathra bound bridge British Buccleugh Buttermere called Carlisle Castle church cloth Cockermouth coloured Coniston Crag Crummock Water Cumberland D. H. M'Kewan Derwent Derwentwater distance Dunmaile Raise Eminent Encyclopædia England English Engravings on Wood Ennerdale Ennerdale Water Fcap feet Fell Foolscap 8vo Furness Abbey garden Gilks Gill Grasmere grimme baròne Guenever height Helvellyn hill HISTORY Hobbie Hughie the Graeme Illustrations J. C. Loudon Kendal Keswick King Arthur Kinmont Willie knight Lady Lake District Langdale Langdale Pikes Lodore London Lord Scrope miles Miss Costello mountains Penrith picturesque Pike Plates poet poetical Post 8vo road rocks Royal ruins Rydal Saddleback Scawfell scene scenery seen side sketches Skiddaw Southey Stanley Gill stones stream Tarn thou tourist tower town traveller TREATISE Ulleswater vale Vignette Titles vols Westmoreland Windermere Woodcuts Wordsworth
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Page 134 - For a while, till it sleeps In its own little lake. And thence at departing, Awakening and starting, It runs through the reeds, And away it proceeds Through meadow and glade, In sun and in shade, And through the wood-shelter, Among crags in its flurry, Helter-skelter, Hurry-skurry.
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