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Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Letters and Journals of Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Chapter 1: Cambridge and Newburyport (search)
and plumping into the middle of deeper ones. I was starting with anxious boots myself when a sleigh floated down the street and Mr. Noyes requested me to wait for his return trip. Of course the audience was not much . . . greater than the Sunday before, and great were the lamentations, of course, of the saddened parish committee. ... . . George C. came for me before tea. It was bright and beautiful, and I saw more of the place than I had before. We rode up the fine long street joining Newbury and Newburyport, past Lord Timothy's house with the statues in front, etc., etc.; and by and by got to the [Artichoke] Mills. I had heard of the place before, but had no conception of its beauty even in winter. What must the ravine and grove be in summer!-the superb elm, and the delightful old-looking buildings — so refreshing to see anything old. Mrs. C[urson] and the two damsels received me most cordially and I felt quite at home. One of the happiest families I ever saw. ... It was a g