Wharton, Edith, 1862-1937 · New York : Century · leaf 298
this Mount, answering tothe five rows into which the Theatre is divided, there goesas Many Terrasses of noble Walks, the Walls are all asclose covered with Oranges and Citrons as any of ourWalls in Englanddcct with Laurel: the top of the Mountis seventy foot long and forty broad, and here is a… … LOMBARD VILLAS fragrant smell, the beautiful Prospect, and the delightingVariety that is here makes it such a habitation for Sum-mer that perhaps the whole World hath nothing like it.Seventeenth-century travellers were unanimous inextolling the Isola Bella, though, as might have beenexpected, their…
