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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... consisting chiefly of rock , underneath the hill , and presents a very novel and striking effect to those whose curiosity attracts them to visit it . A boat is kept in constant attendance for this purpose at the entrance next the ...
... consisting chiefly of rock , underneath the hill , and presents a very novel and striking effect to those whose curiosity attracts them to visit it . A boat is kept in constant attendance for this purpose at the entrance next the ...
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... consists of three arches , in the shape of those of London bridge . It is in the direct road from Bur- ford to Faringdon ; but , from a late improvement of the na- vigation , the stream , which flows lazily beneath it , is now entirely ...
... consists of three arches , in the shape of those of London bridge . It is in the direct road from Bur- ford to Faringdon ; but , from a late improvement of the na- vigation , the stream , which flows lazily beneath it , is now entirely ...
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... consisting of a principal floor , between a base- ment and attic story , and connected with two projecting wings , by inflected corridores , with galleries over them . Of the simplex munditüs , it affords a very rare and most pleasing ...
... consisting of a principal floor , between a base- ment and attic story , and connected with two projecting wings , by inflected corridores , with galleries over them . Of the simplex munditüs , it affords a very rare and most pleasing ...
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... consists of six large Ionic columns supporting a pediment , above which a dome springs from the centre of the building ; the whole assuming the form of a Grecian temple . This superb piece of architecture , though attached to , has no ...
... consists of six large Ionic columns supporting a pediment , above which a dome springs from the centre of the building ; the whole assuming the form of a Grecian temple . This superb piece of architecture , though attached to , has no ...
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... consist of a grotto possessing all " the pensive secresy of desert cell . " The Temple of Flora , after a Doric portico , at Athens ; a bower , against which are planted roses , woodbines , jessamines , and several kinds of creeping ...
... consist of a grotto possessing all " the pensive secresy of desert cell . " The Temple of Flora , after a Doric portico , at Athens ; a bower , against which are planted roses , woodbines , jessamines , and several kinds of creeping ...
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