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The Prose Works of William Wordsworth

PART III
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Supposed to be written by a friend (Mr.Cookson) who died there a few years after.
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*_Tynwald Hill_.
Mr.Robinson and I walked the greater part of the way from Castle-Town to Peel, and stopped some time at Tynwald Hill.

My companions were an elderly man, who in a muddy way (for he was tipsy) explained and answered as far as he could my enquiries about the place and the ceremonies held here.

I found more agreeable company in some little children, one of whom, upon my request, recited the Lord's Prayer to me, and I helped her to a clearer understanding of it as well as I could; but I was not at all satisfied with my own part.

Hers was much better done; and I am persuaded that, like other children, she knew more about it than she was able to express, especially to a stranger.
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