Wast Water
Britishnoun
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Behind him he knew, he felt, were the mountains that he loved, stretching crag upon crag to the desolate screes of Wast Water and the glimpse of the shimmering sea.
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K. L. M. wast water, which is so much impregnated with Mercury, that it cureth Itches and sordid Ulcers.
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While in this district the tourist will derive pleasure from visiting Crummock Water, Lowes Water, and Wast Water.
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Less stern than Wast Water, less fair than gentle Windermere, she had still the winning ways of an English lake; she caught from the smiling heavens unceasing light and changeful phases of beauty, and with all this brightness on her face, she yet clung so fondly to the dull he-looking mountain at her side, as though she would “Soothe him with her finer fancies, Touch him with her lighter thought.”
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