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Grasmere

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Gras·mere  (grsmîr)
A lake of northwest England in the Lake District. Dove Cottage, in the former village of Grasmere, was the home of William Wordsworth from 1799 to 1808. The cottage is now a museum.
Grasmere [ˈgrɑːsˌmɪə]
n
(Placename) a village in NW England, in Cumbria at the head of Lake Grasmere: home of William Wordsworth and of Thomas de Quincey


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The days at Grasmere flowed along peacefully and almost without an event.
English Literature For Boys And Girls by Marshall, H.E. View in context
His flight from the active world, so genially celebrated in this newly published poem of The Recluse; his flight to the Vale of Grasmere, like that of some pious youth to the Chartreuse, is the most marked event of his existence.
The Guardian by Pater, Walter Horatio View in context
After their winter in Germany the Wordsworths settled permanently in their native Lake Region, at first in 'Dove Cottage,' in the village of Grasmere.
A History of English Literature by Fletcher, Robert Huntington View in context
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