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vol.1 p.181
Lord's island has it's name from being the place, where once
stood a pleasure-house, belonging to the unfortunate family
of Derwent-water, which took it's title from this lake. The
ancient manor-house stood on Castle-hill above Keswick;
where the antiquarian traces also the vestiges of a Roman
fort. But an heiress of Derwent-water marrying into the
family of the Ratcliffs; the family-seat was removed from
Keswick to Dilston in Northumberland.
As the boundaries of this lake are more mountainous than
those of Windermere; they, of course, afford more
romantic scenery. But tho the whole shore, except the
spot where we stood, is incircled with mountains; they
rarely fall abruptly into the water; which is girt almost
round by a margin of meadow - on the western shores
especially. On the eastern, the mountains approach nearer
the water; and in some parts fall perpendicularly into it.
But as we stood viewing the lake from it's northern shores,
all these marginal parts were lost; and
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