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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... light ; The fields where ceaseless summer smiles , The bloom that decks th ' Egean isles ; The hills that touch th ' empyreal plain , Olympian Jove's sublime domain ; To other streams all these resign : Still none , oh Thames ! shall ...
... light ; The fields where ceaseless summer smiles , The bloom that decks th ' Egean isles ; The hills that touch th ' empyreal plain , Olympian Jove's sublime domain ; To other streams all these resign : Still none , oh Thames ! shall ...
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... light to repose . We cannot quit this spot without a slight mention of the bridge in its vicinity , and which bears the same name.— Radcot bridge presents an object , not only picturesque in its appearance , and curious from its ...
... light to repose . We cannot quit this spot without a slight mention of the bridge in its vicinity , and which bears the same name.— Radcot bridge presents an object , not only picturesque in its appearance , and curious from its ...
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... compose its interior finishing . The steeple is lofty and light , and rises into a spire . The architect was Doctor Aldrich , Dean of Christ Church . OXFORD . New College is an handsome spacious stone building OXFORD .
... compose its interior finishing . The steeple is lofty and light , and rises into a spire . The architect was Doctor Aldrich , Dean of Christ Church . OXFORD . New College is an handsome spacious stone building OXFORD .
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... they tore in pieces , and others they employed to light their tobacco , and others they carried away . They littered their horses with sheaves of wheat , FAWLEY COURT . and gave them all sorts of corn FAWLEY COURT. ...
... they tore in pieces , and others they employed to light their tobacco , and others they carried away . They littered their horses with sheaves of wheat , FAWLEY COURT . and gave them all sorts of corn FAWLEY COURT. ...
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... it with the more ancient pile . Within the cloister a room is fitted up with the same good taste , and the glare of light is excluded by the pleasing gloom of ancient stained glass ; consisting of roses , coronets , and portcullises.
... it with the more ancient pile . Within the cloister a room is fitted up with the same good taste , and the glare of light is excluded by the pleasing gloom of ancient stained glass ; consisting of roses , coronets , and portcullises.
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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