Journals of Dorothy Wordsworth, Vol. 1 (of 2)Wordsworth, Dorothy
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Journals of Dorothy Wordsworth, Vol. 1 (of 2)
Wordsworth, Dorothy
Authors, English -- 19th century -- Diaries; Wordsworth, Dorothy, 1771-1855 -- Diaries; Wordsworth, William, 1770-1850 -- Family
_Tuesday, January 11th._--A very cold day, ... but the blackness of the
cold made us slow to put forward, and we did not walk at all. Mary read
the Prologue to Chaucer's tales to me in the morning. William was
working at his poem to C. Letter from Keswick and from Taylor on
William's marriage. C. poorly, in bad spirits.... Read part of _The
Knights Tale_ with exquisite delight. Since tea Mary has been down
stairs copying out Italian poems for Stuart. William has been working
beside me, and here ends this imperfect summary....
VII
RECOLLECTIONS
OF
A TOUR MADE IN SCOTLAND
(A.D. 1803)
CONTENTS
=First Week=
DAY PAGE
1. Left Keswick--Grisdale--Mosedale--Hesket
Newmarket--Caldbeck Falls 163
2. Rose Castle--Carlisle--Hatfield--Longtown 164
3. Solway Moss--Enter Scotland--Springfield--
Gretna Green--Annan--Dumfries 165
4. Burns's Grave 166
Ellisland--Vale of Nith 168
Brownhill 169
Poem to Burns's Sons 171
5. Thornhill--Drumlanrigg--River Nith 171
Turnpike house 172
Sportsman 173
Vale of Menock 174
Wanlockhead 175
Leadhills 178
Miners 178
Hopetoun mansion 179
Hostess 180
6. Road to Crawfordjohn 183
Douglas Mill 187
Clyde--Lanerk 189
Boniton Linn 191
=Second Week=
7. Falls of the Clyde 193
Cartland Crags 197
Fall of Stonebyres--Trough of the Clyde 200
Hamilton 201
8. Hamilton House 202
Baroncleugh--Bothwell Castle 204
Glasgow 208
9. Bleaching ground (Glasgow Green) 209
Road to Dumbarton 211
10. Rock and Castle of Dumbarton 213
Vale of Leven 217
Smollett's Monument 218
Loch Lomond 218
Luss 221
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