Grasmere Journal (1800) [ Practices / People ]
… O ctober 1800 Tuesday, 30th September. —Charles Lloyd dined with us. We walked homewards with him after dinner. It rained very hard. Rydale was extremely wild, and we had a fine walk. We sate quietly and comfortably by the … it was ruffled by the wind. We corrected the last sheet. Thursday, 2nd October. —A very rainy morning. We walked after dinner to observe the torrents. I followed Wm. to Rydale. We afterwards went to Butterlip How. The Black Quarter looked … moonlight lay upon the hills like snow. Friday, 3rd October. —Very rainy all the morning. Wm. walked to Ambleside after dinner. I went with him part of the way. He talked much about the object of his essay for the second volume of "L. B." …
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