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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... adopted by poetical fiction , and has thereby ac- quired a kind of classical sanction . The autho- rities are all against it , neither can it be recon- 1 * ciled to any rational opinion that the Thames head , INTRODUCTION. ...
... adopted by poetical fiction , and has thereby ac- quired a kind of classical sanction . The autho- rities are all against it , neither can it be recon- 1 * ciled to any rational opinion that the Thames head , INTRODUCTION. ...
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... kind of waterfall , and gives activity and eddy to the cur rent . But these weirs are generally connected with various accessory and diversifying circumstances ; the mill , the fisherman's hut , or the cottage of the person who collects ...
... kind of waterfall , and gives activity and eddy to the cur rent . But these weirs are generally connected with various accessory and diversifying circumstances ; the mill , the fisherman's hut , or the cottage of the person who collects ...
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... kind on the river , but is interest- ing also , from historical relation . It is recorded to have been the scene of a remarkable battle , fought in the year 1387 , and in the reign of Richard the Second , between the Earl of Derby ...
... kind on the river , but is interest- ing also , from historical relation . It is recorded to have been the scene of a remarkable battle , fought in the year 1387 , and in the reign of Richard the Second , between the Earl of Derby ...
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... kind of venerable inclosure , that gives the verdant area before the house the tranquil appearance which we have endeavoured to describe . Indeed , if it may be considered as a merit merely to pro- duce effect , these circumstances may ...
... kind of venerable inclosure , that gives the verdant area before the house the tranquil appearance which we have endeavoured to describe . Indeed , if it may be considered as a merit merely to pro- duce effect , these circumstances may ...
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... kind , has no equal that we have ever seen , and is very superior , as we think , to the situation of the Temple of Victory and Con- cord , in Stow gardens , which has been so much admired by the landscape gardener . Its character is ...
... kind , has no equal that we have ever seen , and is very superior , as we think , to the situation of the Temple of Victory and Con- cord , in Stow gardens , which has been so much admired by the landscape gardener . Its character is ...
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