Hawes Water
Britishnoun
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Waste Water, Ullswater, and Hawes Water N.E. by S.W.; while Ennerdale Water lies nearly E. by W. Can we account in any way, and if so how, for these varied directions?
From The Beauties of Nature and the Wonders of the World We Live In by Lubbock, John, Sir
At the Lakes Wilson lived for years, and was familiar with every cranny of the hills, from the Pillar to Hawes Water, and from Newby Bridge to Saddleback.
From Essays in English Literature, 1780-1860 by Saintsbury, George
But the girls had arranged that immediately after church they would start for a walk up the Beacon Hill, across the fells, towards Hawes Water.
From Can You Forgive Her? by Trollope, Anthony
It came to me on the night before my birthday, in 1891, I think, when I was staying with a friend at the Dun Bull Hotel, by Hawes Water in Westmorland.
From Escape, and Other Essays by Benson, Arthur Christopher
It is thus that a lake should be seen, and it was thus that Hawes Water was seen by them from the flat stone on the side of Swindale Fell.
From Can You Forgive Her? by Trollope, Anthony
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