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removed from the margin of the lake, and under a range of wood,
see the solitary church of Bassenthwaite. Its back-ground is
gloomy Ullock, a descendant hill of parent Skiddaw, robed in
purple heath, trimmed with soft verdure. The whole cultivated
tract between the mountains and the lake is seen here in all its
beauty, and Skiddaw appears no where of such majestic height as
from this point, being seemingly magnified by the accompaniments
of the lesser hills that surround its base.
Over the northern extremity of this expanse of water, the ground
rises in a (sic) easy slope, and in the point of beauty
Armathwaite is seated, queen of the lake, on which she smiles in
graceful beauty. On each hand are hanging woods. The space
between displays much cultivation, and is divided by inclosures,
waving up the farms seen under the skirts of Caer-mot, the
Crown-top hill, that closes this scene in the sweetest and most
elegant manner possible. If the sun shine, you may be entertained
here for hours with a pleasing variety of landscapes. All the
views up the lake, are in a style great and sublime. They are
seen in the bosom of the lake, softened by reflection, but to the
glass is reserved the finished picture, in the truest colouring,
and most just perspective.
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