Newly identified quotation inset from The Italian
The Italian, Volume III, Chapter XIII
p432, Ed. The Folio Society, 1987
[...]
The style of the gardens, where lawns and groves, and woods varied the undulating surface, was that of England, and of the present day, rather than of Italy; except "Where a long alley peeping on the main," exhibited such gigantic loftiness of shade, and grandeur of perspective, as characterize the Italian taste.
[...]
Without much surprise, and once again not completely true to the original, Ann Radcliffe quotes from James Thomson, "The Castle of Indolence", 1748
[...]
For this he chose a farm in Deva's vale.
Where his long alleys peeped upon the main :
In this calm seat he drew the healthful gale,
Here mixed the chief, the patriot, and the swain.
[...]
p432, Ed. The Folio Society, 1987
[...]
The style of the gardens, where lawns and groves, and woods varied the undulating surface, was that of England, and of the present day, rather than of Italy; except "Where a long alley peeping on the main," exhibited such gigantic loftiness of shade, and grandeur of perspective, as characterize the Italian taste.
[...]
Without much surprise, and once again not completely true to the original, Ann Radcliffe quotes from James Thomson, "The Castle of Indolence", 1748
[...]
For this he chose a farm in Deva's vale.
Where his long alleys peeped upon the main :
In this calm seat he drew the healthful gale,
Here mixed the chief, the patriot, and the swain.
[...]
The epigraph of chapter XIII, a few paragraphs away from this quotation inset, is from the same poem.
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