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College Musings,
obtained this acknowledgment from him , " that every part of the lakes and fells which he had visited , were in miniature quite as beautiful and imposing as any be had seen in the territories of the Swiss . " This lake is studded with two small islands , on which very picturesque edifices have been built aud thick plantations reared . The shores of the lake are very tastefully set off by handsome villas , ancl the ivhole has an exceedingly luxuriant air . But there is too much art blended withal to
please my taste : so much spoils the face of nature , and cloys the eye . I preferred the lonely , sterile vale of Newland ' s through which we were half an hour afterwards strolling . In this truly retired spot , I ancl my friend completel y lost our way , and had some stiff walking before we could regain the beaten road again . However , it afforded us a little adventure . We at last , having called sundry councils of observation , determined to push our forces to a solitary-looking farm-house , some
short distance onward . It being hay-making time here in this late region , we found no one in the house but an old beldame , who was apparently preparing a repast for the labouring peasants . Soon afterwards they came in piping hot from the meadows , and we very thankfully partook of some milk and brown bread which was offered to us . These simple creatures are very hospitable and good-mannered , and when on departing I had my hand in my pocket to reward them for
their civility , my friend beckoned me not , ancl subsequently assured me they ivould have felt very indignant at such an offer . We loitered along the fields in the vale , and sat to muse ancl contemplate on a rustic bridge thrown across a mountain rivulet , shaded from the sultry noonday sun by a number of young larch ancl beech trees . I never felt
more happy in my life than when leaning on the rail of that little bridge , looking at the tiny fish dogging each other up and down the pellucid stream , ancl listening to the merry birds and the hum of the cheerful peasants toiling in the adjacent close . But loitering here longer , said my friend , will not bring us to our journey ' s end : we therefore arose , girded up our loins and prepared to depart . The rest of the road continued through a very dreary defile ; and the only object which I could cast my eye upon to relieve the tedium of our pathwas a being with a
, huge piece of frame-work affixed to his shoulders , and who , my friend informed me , was a shepherd of some mountain flock , wending his way up an almost perpendicular barrier of rock and sand to procure peat . I watched him till my eyes ached , and nothing could exceed my astonishment when I beheld him on the summit many hunched feet above me , his form appearing like some spirit of the crag . An hour ' s sharp walking brought us to the lake and inn of Buttermere , so celebrated in song
and story for its beautiful maicl . Here we obtained a comparativel y sumptuous dinner ; the first course consisted of fish taken from the adjoing lake , and the whole was crowned with superior wine . I must not forget to record what was related to me on the spotin commendation of the liberal provision of the establishment for some of its clergy , that the curate was compelled for subsistence to return to the original calling of the apostlesancl rent the fishing of the lakewhile his wife took in
, , icashing , and his daughter was a sempstress ! The chief priests of a Christian church who themselves enjoy thousands , and whose families live in luxury , if acquainted with this circumstance , would be doubtless the first to use a more appropriate distribution of church revenues . Would they , if aware of this , or believe what they taught , so act , as to pamper the " pride of life , " and the lusts of the eye , and indulge in
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College Musings,
obtained this acknowledgment from him , " that every part of the lakes and fells which he had visited , were in miniature quite as beautiful and imposing as any be had seen in the territories of the Swiss . " This lake is studded with two small islands , on which very picturesque edifices have been built aud thick plantations reared . The shores of the lake are very tastefully set off by handsome villas , ancl the ivhole has an exceedingly luxuriant air . But there is too much art blended withal to
please my taste : so much spoils the face of nature , and cloys the eye . I preferred the lonely , sterile vale of Newland ' s through which we were half an hour afterwards strolling . In this truly retired spot , I ancl my friend completel y lost our way , and had some stiff walking before we could regain the beaten road again . However , it afforded us a little adventure . We at last , having called sundry councils of observation , determined to push our forces to a solitary-looking farm-house , some
short distance onward . It being hay-making time here in this late region , we found no one in the house but an old beldame , who was apparently preparing a repast for the labouring peasants . Soon afterwards they came in piping hot from the meadows , and we very thankfully partook of some milk and brown bread which was offered to us . These simple creatures are very hospitable and good-mannered , and when on departing I had my hand in my pocket to reward them for
their civility , my friend beckoned me not , ancl subsequently assured me they ivould have felt very indignant at such an offer . We loitered along the fields in the vale , and sat to muse ancl contemplate on a rustic bridge thrown across a mountain rivulet , shaded from the sultry noonday sun by a number of young larch ancl beech trees . I never felt
more happy in my life than when leaning on the rail of that little bridge , looking at the tiny fish dogging each other up and down the pellucid stream , ancl listening to the merry birds and the hum of the cheerful peasants toiling in the adjacent close . But loitering here longer , said my friend , will not bring us to our journey ' s end : we therefore arose , girded up our loins and prepared to depart . The rest of the road continued through a very dreary defile ; and the only object which I could cast my eye upon to relieve the tedium of our pathwas a being with a
, huge piece of frame-work affixed to his shoulders , and who , my friend informed me , was a shepherd of some mountain flock , wending his way up an almost perpendicular barrier of rock and sand to procure peat . I watched him till my eyes ached , and nothing could exceed my astonishment when I beheld him on the summit many hunched feet above me , his form appearing like some spirit of the crag . An hour ' s sharp walking brought us to the lake and inn of Buttermere , so celebrated in song
and story for its beautiful maicl . Here we obtained a comparativel y sumptuous dinner ; the first course consisted of fish taken from the adjoing lake , and the whole was crowned with superior wine . I must not forget to record what was related to me on the spotin commendation of the liberal provision of the establishment for some of its clergy , that the curate was compelled for subsistence to return to the original calling of the apostlesancl rent the fishing of the lakewhile his wife took in
, , icashing , and his daughter was a sempstress ! The chief priests of a Christian church who themselves enjoy thousands , and whose families live in luxury , if acquainted with this circumstance , would be doubtless the first to use a more appropriate distribution of church revenues . Would they , if aware of this , or believe what they taught , so act , as to pamper the " pride of life , " and the lusts of the eye , and indulge in