He Had The Generosity And Honour, However, To Pay My Share
Of The Reckoning, Because, As He Said, He Had Brought Me Hither.
At no great distance from the house we came to a rising ground,
where my philosophical saddler made me observe a prospect, which was
perhaps the only one of the kind in England.
Below us was a hollow,
not unlike a huge kettle, hollowed out of the surrounding mass of
earth; and at the bottom of it a little valley, where the green
meadow was divided by a small rivulet, that ran in serpentine
windings, its banks graced with the most inviting walks; behind a
small winding, there is just seen a house where one of the most
distinguished inhabitants of this happy vale, a great philosopher,
lives retired, dedicating almost all his time to his favourite
studies. He has transplanted a number of foreign plants into his
grounds. My guide fell into almost a poetic rapture as he pointed
out to me the beauties of this vale, while our third companion, who
grew tired, became impatient at our tediousness.
We were now led by a steep road to the vale, through which we
passed, and then ascended again among the hills on the other side.
Not far from Tideswell our third companion left us, as he lived in a
neighbouring place. As we now at length saw Tideswell lying before
us in the vale, the saddler began to give me an account of his
family, adding, by way of episode, that he never quarrelled with his
wife, nor had ever once threatened her with his fist, much less,
ever lifted it against her.
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