Overview
Fifty years ago such a lonely cottage stood on such a down, and may possibly be standing there now. In spite of its loneliness, however, the spot, by actual measurement, was not more than five miles from a county-town. Yet that affected it little. Five miles of irregular upland, during the long inimical seasons, with their sleets, snows, rains, and mists, afford withdrawing space enough to isolate a Timon or a Nebuchadnezzar; much less, in fair weather, to please that less repellent tribe, the poets, philosophers, artists, and others who 'conceive and meditate of pleasant things.'
- | Author: Thomas Hardy
- | Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
- | Publication Date: Sep 08, 2014
- | Number of Pages: 28 pages
- | Binding: Paperback or Softback
- | ISBN-10: 1502313081
- | ISBN-13: 9781502313089
