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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... gardens and its meads , and Ham , scarce seen in its leafy bowers , adorn the banks of the river , till it flows beneath the lofty brow of Richmond ; when it passes on , with the tide's accelerated wave , be- tween the royal Gardens ...
... gardens and its meads , and Ham , scarce seen in its leafy bowers , adorn the banks of the river , till it flows beneath the lofty brow of Richmond ; when it passes on , with the tide's accelerated wave , be- tween the royal Gardens ...
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... Garden , whose gateway is of the Doric order , from a de- sign by Inigo Jones ; nor does it derogate from his great professional name . On proceeding up the High Street , Queen's College ap- pears on the north side of it . This ...
... Garden , whose gateway is of the Doric order , from a de- sign by Inigo Jones ; nor does it derogate from his great professional name . On proceeding up the High Street , Queen's College ap- pears on the north side of it . This ...
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... garden to garden , on either side of the road ; and though regularity is generally thought to , and certainly does , destroy picturesque effect , nevertheless , the screens of trees that stretch along before the cottages , with the ...
... garden to garden , on either side of the road ; and though regularity is generally thought to , and certainly does , destroy picturesque effect , nevertheless , the screens of trees that stretch along before the cottages , with the ...
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... garden part of Nuneham , and which may be consi- dered as the pride of it , does not contain more than forty acres , but its command of country is very comprehensive , and the inlets of park scenery give an artificial extent to its ...
... garden part of Nuneham , and which may be consi- dered as the pride of it , does not contain more than forty acres , but its command of country is very comprehensive , and the inlets of park scenery give an artificial extent to its ...
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... garden , which , besides its own exten- sive beauties , gives so many 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 ...
... garden , which , besides its own exten- sive beauties , gives so many 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 ...
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