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But I beg my young reader not to think that Captain Sedley was happy because he lived in such a beautiful place, and had such a fine house, and so much money at his command; for a beautiful prospect, a costly dwelling, and plenty of money, alone, cannot make a person contented and happy. BUT I BEGGED MY YOUNG READER NOT TO THINK THAT CAPTAIN SEDLEY WAS HAPPY BECAUSE HE LIVED IN SUCH A BEAUTIFUL PLACE AND HAD SUCH A FINE HOUSE AND SO MUCH MONEY AT HIS COMMAND FOR A BEAUTIFUL PROSPECT A COSTLY DWELLING AND PLENTY OF MONEY ALONE CANNOT MAKE A PERSON CONTENTED AND HAPPY
ortune. His house was built within a few rods of Wood Lake--a beautiful sheet of water, nearly three miles in length, and a little more than a mile in width. On the river, which formed the outlet of this lake, the village of Rippleton was situated; and its clear waters turned the great wheels of the factories. Captain Sedley had chosen this place in which to spend the evening of his days, because it seemed to him the loveliest spot in all New England. The glassy, transparent lake, with its wood-crowned shores, its picturesque rocks, its little green islands, indeed, everything about it was so grand and beautiful, that it seemed more like the creation of an enthusiastic imagination than a substantial reality. The retired shipmaster loved the beautiful in nature, and his first view of the silver lake and the surrounding country enabled him to decide that this spot should be his future habitation. He bought the land, built him a fine house, and was as happy as a mortal could desire to be. Y HE HAD ACQUIRED A HANDSOME FORTUNE HIS HOUSE WAS BUT WITHIN A FEW RODS OF WOOD LAKE A BEAUTIFUL SHEET OF WATER NEARLY THREE MILES IN LENGTH AND LITTLE MORE THAN A MILE IN WIDTH ON THE RIVER WHICH FORMED THE OUTLET OF THIS LAKE THE VILLAGE OF RIPPLETON WAS SITUATED AND ITS CLEAR WATERS TURNED THE GREAT WHEELS OF THE FACTORIES CAPTAIN SEDY HAD CHOSEN THIS PLACE IN WHICH TO SPEND THE EVENING OF HIS DAYS BECAUSE IT SEEMED TO HIM THE LOVELIEST SPOT IN ALL NEW ENGLAND THE GLASSY TRANSPARENT LAKE WITH ITS WOOD CROWNED SHORES ITS PICTURESQUE ROCKS ITS LITTLE GREEN ISLANDS INDEED EVERYTHING ABOUT IT WAS SO GRAND AND BEAUTIFUL THAT IT SEEMED MORE LIKE THE CREATION OF AN ENTHUSIASTIC IMAGINATION THAN A SUBSTANTIAL REALITY THE RETIRED SHIPMASTER LOVED THE BEAUTIFUL IN NATURE AND HIS FIRST VIEW OF THE SILVER LAKE AND THE SURROUNDING COUNTRY ENABLED HIM TO DECIDE THAT THIS SPOT SHOULD BE HIS FUTURE HABITATION HE BOUGHT THE LAND BUILT HIM A FINE HOUSE AND WAS AS HAPPY AS A MORTAL COULD DESIRE TO BE
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