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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... prospect , and they scarce cease to be visible when the river reaches Runnymede , where was obtained by our ancestors by threat- ened arms the charter of those liberties , which every Briton now enjoys beneath his own vine and his own ...
... prospect , and they scarce cease to be visible when the river reaches Runnymede , where was obtained by our ancestors by threat- ened arms the charter of those liberties , which every Briton now enjoys beneath his own vine and his own ...
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... prospect is still more extensive . Cricklade , with its stately tower , is seen in the bottom . The Wilt- shire hills , blending with those of Berkshire , form an high waving boundary to the right , and force the eye onwards over a rich ...
... prospect is still more extensive . Cricklade , with its stately tower , is seen in the bottom . The Wilt- shire hills , blending with those of Berkshire , form an high waving boundary to the right , and force the eye onwards over a rich ...
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... prospect , may de- 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 ...
... prospect , may de- 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 ...
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... prospect , which there bursts upon the view , is greatly heightened by the comparative gloom of the passage to it ... prospects appear , which have the contrasted charms of distance , grandeur , and beauty . On the eastern side , the ...
... prospect , which there bursts upon the view , is greatly heightened by the comparative gloom of the passage to it ... prospects appear , which have the contrasted charms of distance , grandeur , and beauty . On the eastern side , the ...
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... prospect presents itself to the view , which is broken into two separate pictures by a groupe of fine elms on the projecting point of the lawn . To the right , the eye , forced onwards by a grove to the north , glances over a charming ...
... prospect presents itself to the view , which is broken into two separate pictures by a groupe of fine elms on the projecting point of the lawn . To the right , the eye , forced onwards by a grove to the north , glances over a charming ...
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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