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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... racter , till it reaches Cricklade in Wiltshire , where being increased by the contribution of several inferior streams , it assumes a more at- tractive appearance . Approaching Kemsford , it re - enters its native country , dividing it ...
... racter , till it reaches Cricklade in Wiltshire , where being increased by the contribution of several inferior streams , it assumes a more at- tractive appearance . Approaching Kemsford , it re - enters its native country , dividing it ...
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... racter seemed to soften the asperity of those who were most violent in their opposition to that government , which it was his duty to support . Indeed in his civil employments he may be said to have been more generally known ; as must ...
... racter seemed to soften the asperity of those who were most violent in their opposition to that government , which it was his duty to support . Indeed in his civil employments he may be said to have been more generally known ; as must ...
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... racter are they so essential as in that of a soldier , in which without what is called presence of mind , and an ever ready spirit of activity , such laurels as were worn by a Wolf and a Marlborough , a Hawke and a Nelson , cannot be ...
... racter are they so essential as in that of a soldier , in which without what is called presence of mind , and an ever ready spirit of activity , such laurels as were worn by a Wolf and a Marlborough , a Hawke and a Nelson , cannot be ...
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... racter , and at this place , Berkshire , which is full of land- scape beauty , may boast of one of its most delightful prospects . It is not of great extent , but embraces a variety of charming objects , and distinctly commands every ...
... racter , and at this place , Berkshire , which is full of land- scape beauty , may boast of one of its most delightful prospects . It is not of great extent , but embraces a variety of charming objects , and distinctly commands every ...
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... racter . On the pediment , in the east front of the building , is a bas - relief , representing the triumphs of Hercules over Envy , The garden before it is laid out in the style of the period when the palace was erected , and was the ...
... racter . On the pediment , in the east front of the building , is a bas - relief , representing the triumphs of Hercules over Envy , The garden before it is laid out in the style of the period when the palace was erected , and was the ...
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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