The Thames: Or Graphic Illustrations of Seats, Villas, Public Buildings, and Picturesque Scenery, on the Banks of that Noble RiverVernor, Hood and Sharpe, 1811 |
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... Berkshire at Inglesham . The river enlarges as it approaches Letchlade , a town in Gloucester- shire , situated on the confines of Berkshire and Oxfordshire , and receiving the waters of the Lech and the Coln , it becomes capable of ...
... Berkshire at Inglesham . The river enlarges as it approaches Letchlade , a town in Gloucester- shire , situated on the confines of Berkshire and Oxfordshire , and receiving the waters of the Lech and the Coln , it becomes capable of ...
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... Berkshire , form an high waving boundary to the right , and force the eye onwards over a rich country to Letchlade steeple , the town of High- worth , rising in the view , and Faringdon hill , which breaks the line of a remote horizon ...
... Berkshire , form an high waving boundary to the right , and force the eye onwards over a rich country to Letchlade steeple , the town of High- worth , rising in the view , and Faringdon hill , which breaks the line of a remote horizon ...
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... Berkshire and Oxfordshire . The ground on which it stands was formerly called the Lade , which con- joined with that of the contiguous river Lech , gives the compound name which the place bears . Here the Thames is so much encreased by ...
... Berkshire and Oxfordshire . The ground on which it stands was formerly called the Lade , which con- joined with that of the contiguous river Lech , gives the compound name which the place bears . Here the Thames is so much encreased by ...
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... Berkshire , which border on Hamp- shire ; and on the left there is a broad expanse of cultivated country , which is terminated by the hills that form the hithermost boundary of the county of Buckingham . To the south , the horizon is ...
... Berkshire , which border on Hamp- shire ; and on the left there is a broad expanse of cultivated country , which is terminated by the hills that form the hithermost boundary of the county of Buckingham . To the south , the horizon is ...
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... Berkshire , and the fertile intervening country , completes its view of the right hand picture . Its companion on the left , comprehends a larger foreground , from whence the eye , after passing a broad indented sweep of lawn , slightly ...
... Berkshire , and the fertile intervening country , completes its view of the right hand picture . Its companion on the left , comprehends a larger foreground , from whence the eye , after passing a broad indented sweep of lawn , slightly ...
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Abbey adorned afterwards ancient appears arch banks beauty beneath Berkshire Bisham Abbey bridge building ceiling chamber chapel character charming choir church College Cooke Cookham Cricklade crowned decorated display distance distinguished Drawn Duke Earl Edward the Fourth elegant enriched entrance erected Eton College Fawley FAWLEY COURT feet garden Garter grotto ground grove HAMPTON COURT Henley Henley Bridge Henry the Eighth Henry the Seventh Hill honour hundred Inigo Jones King King's knights Lady landscape lawn Lord magnificence Maidenhead Bridge Majesty Marlow miles noble NUNEHAM COURTENAY object ornamented Owen Esq Oxford painted palace Park Place picture picturesque pleasing portrait possesses present Prince principal Queen racter reign represented residence rich rising river royal scene scenery seat seen Shiplake Lock silver situation spacious spire spot stone structure Taplow taste Thames Thames Head tion Titian tower town trees Twickenham Vandyck variety village William window WINDSOR CASTLE woods