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But compared with the other towns along this historic route, Weymouth as a whole is little known and little appreciated. And yet the history of Weymouth is not without amusing and edifying elements, and the scenery of Weymouth is worthy of the détour that strangers rarely make. BUT COMPARED WITH THE OTHER TOWNS ALONG THIS HISTORIC ROUTE WEYMOUTH AS A WHOLE IS LITTLE KNOWN AND LITTLE APPRECIATED AND YET THE HISTORY OF WEYMOUTH IS NOT WITHOUT AMUSING AND EDIFYING ELEMENTS AND THE SCENERY OF WEYMOUTH IS WORTHY OF THE DETOUR THAT STRANGERS RARELY MAKE
re, and stand before them wrapt in gentle ecstasy? The quality of Constable's pictures delineates in luminous softness a peculiarly lovely side of English rural life, but one need not travel to England or France to see this loveliness. Weymouth, that rambling stretch of towns and hamlets, of summer colony and suburb, possesses in certain areas bits of rural landscape as serene, as dewy, as idyllically tranquil as Constable at his best. Comparatively few people in New England, or out of it, know Weymouth well. Every one has heard of it, for it is next in age to the town of Plymouth itself, and every one who travels to the South Shore passes some section of it, for it extends lengthily--north and south, east and west--being the only town in Massachusetts to retain its original boundaries. And numbers of people are familiar with certain parts of it, for there are half a score of villages in the township, some of them summer settlements, some of them animated by an all-the-year-round life. NSINGTON MUSEUM OR THE LOUVRE AND STAND BEFORE THEM WRAPPED IN GENTLE ECSTASY THE QUALITY OF CONSTABLE'S PICTURES DELINEATES IN LUMINOUS SOFTNESS A PECULIARLY LOVELY SIDE OF ENGLISH RURAL LIFE BUT ONE NEED NOT TRAVEL TO ENGLAND OR FRANCE TO SEE THIS LOVELINESS WEYMOUTH THAT RAMBLING STRETCH OF TOWNS AND HAMLETS OF SUMMER COLONY AND SUBURB POSSESSES IN CERTAIN AREAS BITS OF RURAL LANDSCAPE AS SERENE AS DEWY AS IDYLLICALLY TRANQUIL AS CONSTABLE AT HIS BEST COMPARATIVELY FEW PEOPLE IN NEW ENGLAND OR OUT OF IT KNOW WEYMOUTH WELL EVERYONE HAS HEARD OF IT FOR IT IS NEXT IN AGE TO THE TOWN OF PLYMOUTH ITSELF AND EVERYONE WHO TRAVELS TO THE SOUTH SHORE PASSES SOME SECTION OF IT FOR IT EXTENDS LENGTHILY NORTH AND SOUTH EAST AND WEST BEING THE ONLY TOWN IN MASSACHUSETTS TO RETAIN ITS ORIGINAL BOUNDARIES AND NUMBERS OF PEOPLE ARE FAMILIAR WITH CERTAIN PARTS OF IT FOR THERE ARE HALF A SCORE OF VILLAGES IN THE TOWNSHIP SOME OF THEM SUMMER SETTLEMENTS SOME OF THEM ANIMATED BY ALL THE YEAR ROUND LIFE
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