The Thames: Or Graphic Illustrations of Seats, Villas, Public Buildings, and Picturesque Scenery, on the Banks of that Noble River, Volume 1Vernor, Hood and Sharpe, 1811 |
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... beauty . The Streatly Hills , the sweet village of Goring , the splendid seat of Basildon , the woods of Hardwick , the ancient magnificence of Maple - Durham , and the pretty village of Caversham , succeed each other , till the river ...
... beauty . The Streatly Hills , the sweet village of Goring , the splendid seat of Basildon , the woods of Hardwick , the ancient magnificence of Maple - Durham , and the pretty village of Caversham , succeed each other , till the river ...
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... beauty . The stately towers of the former long continue to give splendour to the prospect , and they scarce cease to be visible when the river reaches Runnymede , where was obtained by our ancestors by threat- ened arms the charter of ...
... beauty . The stately towers of the former long continue to give splendour to the prospect , and they scarce cease to be visible when the river reaches Runnymede , where was obtained by our ancestors by threat- ened arms the charter of ...
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... beauty and splendour to its banks ; and having passed the small retired village of Shepperton , and flowed through Walton Bridge , its Middlesex side is decorated with a long line of handsome man- sions that form the beauty of Sunbury ...
... beauty and splendour to its banks ; and having passed the small retired village of Shepperton , and flowed through Walton Bridge , its Middlesex side is decorated with a long line of handsome man- sions that form the beauty of Sunbury ...
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... beauty decks thy sylvan shades , With livelier green invests thy glades : And grace and bloom and plenty pours , On thy sweet meads and willowy shores . The field where herds unnumber'd rove , The laurell'd path , the beechen grove ...
... beauty decks thy sylvan shades , With livelier green invests thy glades : And grace and bloom and plenty pours , On thy sweet meads and willowy shores . The field where herds unnumber'd rove , The laurell'd path , the beechen grove ...
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... beauty and heightens the picturesque effect of the whole . The principal entrance into this place is over a stone bridge of eleven arches , and five hundred and twenty - six feet in length , stretching over two distinct branches of the ...
... beauty and heightens the picturesque effect of the whole . The principal entrance into this place is over a stone bridge of eleven arches , and five hundred and twenty - six feet in length , stretching over two distinct branches of the ...
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