Grasmere
Americannoun
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a lake in Westmoreland, in NW England. 1 mile (1.6 km) long.
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a village on this lake: Wordsworth's home 1790–1808.
noun
Example Sentences
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The council said it was continuing to explore solutions for Churchill and Hazlewood and that it was supporting Grasmere Academy, a school not currently maintained by the council.
From BBC • Mar. 12, 2024
Four sheets, all of which manage to fail miserably for anyone doing a walk centred on where they meet, roughly Grasmere Common.
From The Guardian • Jan. 8, 2019
In a late-life assessment of his years in Grasmere, De Quincey offered this sagacious advice: “Put not your trust in the intellectual princes of your age.”
From Slate • Nov. 7, 2016
At the time, Wordsworth was living with his sister Dorothy and his wife Mary in a former inn in Grasmere, which by the time of his death was known as Dove Cottage.
From The New Yorker • Oct. 10, 2016
Between Grasmere or its neighborhood, and the better-known home of Rydal Mount, the poet passed the remainder of his life.
From English Lands Letters and Kings Queen Anne and the Georges by Mitchell, Donald G.
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