The Thames: Or Graphic Illustrations of Seats, Villas, Public Buildings, and Picturesque Scenery, on the Banks of that Noble River, Volume 1Vernor, Hood and Sharpe, 1811 |
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... possess and adorn it till after a course of more than two hundred miles , it yields its abundant waters to the sea . The charms Italian meadows shower , The orange grove , the myrtle bower , The roaring cat'ract wild and white , The ...
... possess and adorn it till after a course of more than two hundred miles , it yields its abundant waters to the sea . The charms Italian meadows shower , The orange grove , the myrtle bower , The roaring cat'ract wild and white , The ...
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... possesses a full proportion of the landscape effect which has just been described : it is a scene where the eye , satiated with the glare of extensive prospect , may de- light to repose . We cannot quit this spot without a slight ...
... possesses a full proportion of the landscape effect which has just been described : it is a scene where the eye , satiated with the glare of extensive prospect , may de- light to repose . We cannot quit this spot without a slight ...
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... possesses , and the application which is and has for ages been made of it for the advancement of every branch of learning and science , is a proud boast of the country which it adorns . The name of this renowned place has been the ...
... possesses , and the application which is and has for ages been made of it for the advancement of every branch of learning and science , is a proud boast of the country which it adorns . The name of this renowned place has been the ...
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... possess . The character of the spot around Whitehead's urn , con- sidered in an insulated state , is pensive ... possesses both . It contains a large assemblage of the finest oaks , covering a deep , in- dented , and extensive ...
... possess . The character of the spot around Whitehead's urn , con- sidered in an insulated state , is pensive ... possesses both . It contains a large assemblage of the finest oaks , covering a deep , in- dented , and extensive ...
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... is a very handsome town - hall and two parish churches ; one of them possesses a lofty spire , which is a kind of land - mark to a very ex- tended distance of circumjacent country . Drawn by 3. Owen . Esq . Tandon Puberthed dus ABINGDON .
... is a very handsome town - hall and two parish churches ; one of them possesses a lofty spire , which is a kind of land - mark to a very ex- tended distance of circumjacent country . Drawn by 3. Owen . Esq . Tandon Puberthed dus ABINGDON .
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