MA 1581.233, p. [13]

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Dorothy Wordsworth
1771–1855

Journal by Dorothy Wordsworth, 1805 November : autograph manuscript

Purchased from Benjamin Ifor Evans, 1954

MA 1581.233
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before we reached Park House. Derwent ran to meet
us. Sate in the kitchen till the parlour fire was
lighted and then enjoyed a comfortable dish of tea.
After tea William went to Thomas Wilkinson’s and
to Brougham.
Monday, November 12th

The morning being fine, we re-
-solved to go to Lowther, and accordingly Sara H.
mounted her Brother’s horse, I the pony, and
Wm and Miss Green set out on foot; but she
had not walked long before she took a seat behind
Sara. Crossed the Ford at Yanworth --- Found Tho-
-mas Wilkinson at work in one of his fields;
he chearfully laid down the spade and walked
by our side with William. We left our horses at
the Mill below Brougham, and walked through
the woods till we came to the Quarry, where the
road ends, the very place which has been the
Boundary of some of the happiest of the walks
of my youth. The sun did not shine when we were
there; and it was mid-day, therefore if it had shone,
the light could not have been the same; yet so
vividly did I call to mind those walks that
when I was in the wood I almost seemed to see
the same rich light of evening upon the trees
which I had seen in those happy hours. My heart

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Transcription courtesy of Conor Hilton, Nicholas Mason, and Paul Westover of Brigham Young University.

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