English maidens are, in certain respects, to Italian maidens as moonlight unto sunlight and as water unto wine. - Alfred Austin

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He was an Englishman of Englishmen, of the old school of charming manners, flavoured by occasional downrightness of speech.

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[E]xclusiveness in a garden is a mistake as great as it is in society.

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One must be intoxicated by scenery, in order to appreciate it. Tranquil survey is not enough, and scrutinising curiosity is fatal.

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