"Here is beauty indeed – Beauty lying in the lap of Horrour!"

"Here is Skiddaw and then, between thickets and parks, the delightful Lake Windermere, which I drew on an evening so s…"

"Know, too, that when a pilgrim strays, In morning mist or evening maze, Along the mountain lone, That fairy fortress …"

"I rode over to Lorton, a little village at the foot of a high mountain. Many came from a considerable distance, and I…"

"It was customary, I am told, to dash by [the Lakes] with an exclamation or two of "Oh, how fine!" &c. – or as a gentl…"

"Right before me is a great camp of single mountains – each in shape resembles a Giant's Tent; and to the left, but cl…"

"Skiddaw shews its vast base, and bounding all that part of the vale, rises gently to a height that sinks the neighbor…"

"The full perfection of Keswick consists of three circumstances, beauty, horror, and immensity united…But to give you …"

"The Lake country is a glorious region, of which I had only seen the similitude in dreams, waking or sleeping…I longed…"

"The whole view is entirely of the horrid kind. Not a tree appeared to add the least chearfulness to it. With regard t…"