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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... improvements of Park Place , it flows through the arches of Henley Bridge , one of the most elegant of the many structures that stretch across it , when its northern bank at Fawley is in the county of Buckingham . We now come to the ...
... improvements of Park Place , it flows through the arches of Henley Bridge , one of the most elegant of the many structures that stretch across it , when its northern bank at Fawley is in the county of Buckingham . We now come to the ...
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... improved , he was a blessing to all who lived within the sphere of his protection ; while to its neighbourhood it is well known , that the village of Nune- ham is so ordered , by the regulations he framed , by the encouragements he ...
... improved , he was a blessing to all who lived within the sphere of his protection ; while to its neighbourhood it is well known , that the village of Nune- ham is so ordered , by the regulations he framed , by the encouragements he ...
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... improved and purer taste , which , disdaining works merely artificial , professes alone to copy or improve nature . The only grottos which we recollect to be preserved , are those of this place , at Oatlands THE GROTTO HOUSE, ...
... improved and purer taste , which , disdaining works merely artificial , professes alone to copy or improve nature . The only grottos which we recollect to be preserved , are those of this place , at Oatlands THE GROTTO HOUSE, ...
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... improved by Mr. Browne , and is one among many proofs which he has left of excellence in his art . The house was erected by the late Sir Francis Sykes , after a design of that eminent architect , Mr. Carr , of York . It is a large ...
... improved by Mr. Browne , and is one among many proofs which he has left of excellence in his art . The house was erected by the late Sir Francis Sykes , after a design of that eminent architect , Mr. Carr , of York . It is a large ...
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... improvements as the best professional assistance could give . The situation is inexpressibly pleasing . The shape of the grounds is of the happiest cast ; and it need not be added , that nature would receive every help that art could ...
... improvements as the best professional assistance could give . The situation is inexpressibly pleasing . The shape of the grounds is of the happiest cast ; and it need not be added , that nature would receive every help that art could ...
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