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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... natural form of the ground over which it passes , as well as the direction of the garden boundary ; and keeping always above the slopes and declivities , main- tains throughout its course an elevated situation . It pro- ceeds from the ...
... natural form of the ground over which it passes , as well as the direction of the garden boundary ; and keeping always above the slopes and declivities , main- tains throughout its course an elevated situation . It pro- ceeds from the ...
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... natural divisions , that they altogether compose a con- summate picture of sylvan beauty . nature . The walk now assumes a more regular form , and after giving a peep in a sequestered part of the park , ascends into a thick grove of ...
... natural divisions , that they altogether compose a con- summate picture of sylvan beauty . nature . The walk now assumes a more regular form , and after giving a peep in a sequestered part of the park , ascends into a thick grove of ...
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... natural succession , and the succession is never lost in the divisions . The vast expanse of open country is fre- quently ... nature gave the out- line , and taste has completed the picture . The buildings NUNEHAM COURTENAY . are but few ...
... natural succession , and the succession is never lost in the divisions . The vast expanse of open country is fre- quently ... nature gave the out- line , and taste has completed the picture . The buildings NUNEHAM COURTENAY . are but few ...
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... Nature est grand dans les grandes choses , il est tres grand dans les petites . " The first object on the entrance ... natural ground . There is also an urn to the memory of Lady Palmerston , and a similar sepulchral me- morial to the ...
... Nature est grand dans les grandes choses , il est tres grand dans les petites . " The first object on the entrance ... natural ground . There is also an urn to the memory of Lady Palmerston , and a similar sepulchral me- morial to the ...
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... nature appears in her gayest embroidery , picturesque embellishment demands all the elegance that art can bestow ; but taste alone could not have formed the picture which has been so imperfectly described . Such an Arcadian scene must ...
... nature appears in her gayest embroidery , picturesque embellishment demands all the elegance that art can bestow ; but taste alone could not have formed the picture which has been so imperfectly described . Such an Arcadian scene must ...
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