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Page 79:-
better than Mr. Mason, the reader shall have the account of it in
his own words. 'Here nature has performed every thing in little,
that she usually executes in her larger scale; and, on that
account, like the miniature painter, seems to have finished every
part of it in a studied manner. Not a little fragment of a rock
is thrown into the bason, not a single stem of brush-wood that
starts from its craggy sides, but has a picturesque meaning; and
the little central current dashing down a cleft of the
darkest-coloured stone, produces an effect of light and shadow
beautiful beyond description. This little theatrical scene might
be painted as large as the original, on a canvas not bigger than
those usually dropped in the opera-house [1].'
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Rydal Hall
station, Rydal Hall
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Rydal-hall [2] has a grand situation, at the feet of stupendous
mountains (opening to
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[1]
There is a cascade at Nunnery, near Kirkoswald, in Cumberland,
much in the same style as this. The accompaniments are as
beautiful, the bason larger, and the perpendicular fall 18 feet.
But it is only one of a series of romantic scenes which abound at
Nunnery, and are equal if not superior in their kind to any we
have found in our tour: nor can we forbear to recommend this
interesting spot to the notice of every traveller of taste: it is
situated about ten miles from Penrith, on the right of the road
to Carlisle.
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[2]
Sir Michael le Fleming lately made a new front to Rydal-hall, in
good style, which gives it a very interesting appearance.
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-- Low Fall (?)
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-- Rydal Hall
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