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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... charm The mind with virtuous feelings warm . Till where thy widening current glides , To mingle with the turbid tides ; Thy spacious breast displays unfurl'd , The ensigns of th ' assembled world . THE SOURCE OF THE THAMES . THE Source ...
... charm The mind with virtuous feelings warm . Till where thy widening current glides , To mingle with the turbid tides ; Thy spacious breast displays unfurl'd , The ensigns of th ' assembled world . THE SOURCE OF THE THAMES . THE Source ...
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... charming little picture of rustic scenery . These weirs , which are very frequent in the upper part of the Thames , and give a very pleasing variety to it , are artificial dams , or banks , carried across the river , in order to pen up ...
... charming little picture of rustic scenery . These weirs , which are very frequent in the upper part of the Thames , and give a very pleasing variety to it , are artificial dams , or banks , carried across the river , in order to pen up ...
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... charm- ing scene to another , along the boundary of the park . The garden part of Nuneham , and which may be consi ... charming glade , and is first caught by a long reach of the Thames , somewhat interrupted by trees , which flows ...
... charm- ing scene to another , along the boundary of the park . The garden part of Nuneham , and which may be consi ... charming glade , and is first caught by a long reach of the Thames , somewhat interrupted by trees , which flows ...
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... charming subdivisions of the general prospect . The terrace , disdaining the regularity annexed to its name , takes the natural form of the ground over which it passes , as well as the direction of the garden boundary ; and keeping ...
... charming subdivisions of the general prospect . The terrace , disdaining the regularity annexed to its name , takes the natural form of the ground over which it passes , as well as the direction of the garden boundary ; and keeping ...
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... charm of novelty is still added to those of taste and On re - entering what may be called the Portico glade , a scene displays itself , which , in its kind , has no equal that we have ever seen , and is very superior , as we think , to ...
... charm of novelty is still added to those of taste and On re - entering what may be called the Portico glade , a scene displays itself , which , in its kind , has no equal that we have ever seen , and is very superior , as we think , to ...
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