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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... rising down , The fisher's boat , the peasant's home , The woodland seat , the regal dome , In quick succession rise to charm The mind with virtuous feelings warm . Till where thy widening current glides , To mingle with the turbid ...
... rising down , The fisher's boat , the peasant's home , The woodland seat , the regal dome , In quick succession rise to charm The mind with virtuous feelings warm . Till where thy widening current glides , To mingle with the turbid ...
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... rising of the Thames , in the Parish of Cotes , in the County of Gloucester . The Steam Engine , which is a principal object in the picture , has been erected to throw water from springs below , to supply the Canal above . This Engine ...
... rising of the Thames , in the Parish of Cotes , in the County of Gloucester . The Steam Engine , which is a principal object in the picture , has been erected to throw water from springs below , to supply the Canal above . This Engine ...
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... rising in the view , and Faringdon hill , which breaks the line of a remote horizon . A spot of ground planted with trees , on the north - east part of the common , is just sufficient to divide the extensive prospect in these distinct ...
... rising in the view , and Faringdon hill , which breaks the line of a remote horizon . A spot of ground planted with trees , on the north - east part of the common , is just sufficient to divide the extensive prospect in these distinct ...
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... rising from the Thames , about a mile and an half from Oxford , and commands , as the en- graving is intended to display , every towering object in that city . The Castle , St. Peter's and St. Aldate's churches , Tom Tower Christ Church ...
... rising from the Thames , about a mile and an half from Oxford , and commands , as the en- graving is intended to display , every towering object in that city . The Castle , St. Peter's and St. Aldate's churches , Tom Tower Christ Church ...
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... rising woodlands of the park . From the centre of this spot , a very extensive and delightful 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 ...
... rising woodlands of the park . From the centre of this spot , a very extensive and delightful 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 ...
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