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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... circumstance in the open country of Cots- would . At a small distance from the source it runs under the Akman - street Road , leading from Cirencester to Bath , and enters the parish of Kemble in the county of Wilts . It runs for about ...
... circumstance in the open country of Cots- would . At a small distance from the source it runs under the Akman - street Road , leading from Cirencester to Bath , and enters the parish of Kemble in the county of Wilts . It runs for about ...
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... circumstance connected with them . The mu- nicipal government of the place is entrusted to the care of a Bailiff , who is appointed by the Lord of the Manor . The appearance of the town is such as to discourage par- ticular description ...
... circumstance connected with them . The mu- nicipal government of the place is entrusted to the care of a Bailiff , who is appointed by the Lord of the Manor . The appearance of the town is such as to discourage par- ticular description ...
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... circumstance , which the eye can scarce discern , and language cannot describe . To the east and south - east , the prospect is still more extensive . Cricklade , with its stately tower , is seen in the bottom . The Wilt- shire hills ...
... circumstance , which the eye can scarce discern , and language cannot describe . To the east and south - east , the prospect is still more extensive . Cricklade , with its stately tower , is seen in the bottom . The Wilt- shire hills ...
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... circumstances ; the mill , the fisherman's hut , or the cottage of the person who collects the toll , sometimes embowered in trees , but always connected with them , heighten and vary the character and humble beauties of the scene ...
... circumstances ; the mill , the fisherman's hut , or the cottage of the person who collects the toll , sometimes embowered in trees , but always connected with them , heighten and vary the character and humble beauties of the scene ...
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... circumstance has an illustration from the pen of the muse.- Here Oxford's hero , famous for his boar , While clashing swords upon his target sound , And show'rs of arrows from his breast rebound , Prepar❜d for worst of fates ...
... circumstance has an illustration from the pen of the muse.- Here Oxford's hero , famous for his boar , While clashing swords upon his target sound , And show'rs of arrows from his breast rebound , Prepar❜d for worst of fates ...
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