The Rural Life of England

CHAPTER XV.

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Cheap Pleasures of Country Life -- No great Events needed by the Lover of Nature to render him Happy -- Recollections of early Delight in the Country -- Objects of Pleasurable Observation as they present themselves in the course of the Seasons -- Splendid Pictures presented by Nature -- the Spirit of Peace and Gladness inspired by Nature, which renders so delightful the Writings of White, Evelyn, Walton, etc. -- Testimonies of Coleridge and Sir Henry Wotton to the profound Satisfaction to be found in Country Life 574