. A leisurely journey . WEEK IN DEVON. 89 tions of George Eliot and her loved walks overthe hills and by the cliffs; and then cameLynton, beloved of artists and authors; andthen the Lorna Doone country, on the edgeof Somerset. What a week it was to us both,— how full as it passed, how delightful toremember now ! But in truth all England isfull of similar scenes; and although I havespent several months in passing from point topoint, its beauties seem to be simply inex-haustible. England is of all countries the onemost worthy of our attention; and yet it isthe one which our people skip the most
. A leisurely journey . WEEK IN DEVON. 89 tions of George Eliot and her loved walks overthe hills and by the cliffs; and then cameLynton, beloved of artists and authors; andthen the Lorna Doone country, on the edgeof Somerset. What a week it was to us both,— how full as it passed, how delightful toremember now ! But in truth all England isfull of similar scenes; and although I havespent several months in passing from point topoint, its beauties seem to be simply inex-haustible. England is of all countries the onemost worthy of our attention; and yet it isthe one which our people skip the most long as peaks, and casdes, and ruins, andGothic churches, and verdant hills, and stillpleasant rivers, and sweet valleys, and com-fortable manor-houses, and quaint village inns,and pretty cottages, and the homes of themen who are to us the greatest and bestnames in all European history remain dearand precious, so long shall we find the pleas-antest hours of our foreign travel those whichwe give to XIII. A TRANSFORMED CITY.
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