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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... 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 village of Cotes . At the distance of near a quarter of a mile from the com- mencement of this ...
... 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 village of Cotes . At the distance of near a quarter of a mile from the com- mencement of this ...
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... effects they did not attempt to calculate . This important junction is formed very near , but a little below the village of Inglesham , about a mile above Lech- lade , whose spire is seen in the picture . A round tower as a dwelling ...
... effects they did not attempt to calculate . This important junction is formed very near , but a little below the village of Inglesham , about a mile above Lech- lade , whose spire is seen in the picture . A round tower as a dwelling ...
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... effect which has just been described : it is a scene where the eye , satiated with the glare of extensive prospect , may de- light to repose . We cannot quit this spot without a slight mention of the bridge in its vicinity , and which ...
... effect which has just been described : it is a scene where the eye , satiated with the glare of extensive prospect , may de- light to repose . We cannot quit this spot without a slight mention of the bridge in its vicinity , and which ...
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... 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 Cherwell and the land that divides ...
... 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 Cherwell and the land that divides ...
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... effect on the mind . If devo- tion may be supposed to receive an added ardor from exterior circumstances , in this place of worship that effect cannot fail of being produced . The west window represents the Nativity , after the picture ...
... effect on the mind . If devo- tion may be supposed to receive an added ardor from exterior circumstances , in this place of worship that effect cannot fail of being produced . The west window represents the Nativity , after the picture ...
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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