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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... ground above it , runs the canal , made a few years since to form a junction between the Thames and the Severn : and about half a mile from hence , nearly opposite to the village of Cotes , is one of the entrances of the tunnel dug for ...
... ground above it , runs the canal , made a few years since to form a junction between the Thames and the Severn : and about half a mile from hence , nearly opposite to the village of Cotes , is one of the entrances of the tunnel dug for ...
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... ground planted with trees , on the north - east part of the common , is just sufficient to divide the extensive prospect in these distinct pictures , which contain the leading features , or character of the country , through which the ...
... ground planted with trees , on the north - east part of the common , is just sufficient to divide the extensive prospect in these distinct pictures , which contain the leading features , or character of the country , through which the ...
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... ground on which it stands was formerly called the Lade , which con- joined with that of the contiguous river Lech , gives the compound name which the place bears . Here the Thames is so much encreased by the streams which flow into it ...
... ground on which it stands was formerly called the Lade , which con- joined with that of the contiguous river Lech , gives the compound name which the place bears . Here the Thames is so much encreased by the streams which flow into it ...
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... grounds and plantations . It is a plain , regular , and elegant stone edifice , consisting of a principal floor , between a base- ment and attic story , and connected with two projecting wings , by inflected corridores , with galleries ...
... grounds and plantations . It is a plain , regular , and elegant stone edifice , consisting of a principal floor , between a base- ment and attic story , and connected with two projecting wings , by inflected corridores , with galleries ...
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... , destroy picturesque effect , nevertheless , the screens of trees that stretch along before the cottages , with the inter- vals of garden ground , produce , in certain points of view , a peculiar mixture of trees and buildings , which the.
... , destroy picturesque effect , nevertheless , the screens of trees that stretch along before the cottages , with the inter- vals of garden ground , produce , in certain points of view , a peculiar mixture of trees and buildings , which the.
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