It is true that Montargis lies at the junction of two canals and it probably has a slightly higher than normal water-to-land ratio, but frankly, Saint Mark's it is not.

Make a plate of pure gold and engrave on it as on a seal: HOLY TO THE Lord.

John Ruskin saw in the fakery of Abbotsford, a sort of Scottish version of William Randolph Hearst’s San Simeon, a reflection of all he considered false in Scott.