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F. Bernier
3. Hermitage floating on the water
In Bernier, a hermitage, and its little garden, float upon the waves, in the
middle of a lake, through which a river flows.
Like Coleridge's pleasure
dome floating midway on the waves, this little retreat seems to be
miraculously suspended, like an object in a dream, a mirage, or an effect of
enchantment.
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I left my way again, to approach to a great lake, which I saw afar off,
through the middle whereof passeth the river that runs to Baramoulay…
In the
midst of this lake there is an eremitage with its little garden, which, as
they say, doth miraculously float upon the water. VIII, p. 234. |
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