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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... silver gilt , seven feet high , and very much enriched with Gothic ornaments . We now proceed to the College of Christ Church , which may be considered as the chief glory of Oxford . The stately west front of the great Quadrangle is a ...
... silver gilt , seven feet high , and very much enriched with Gothic ornaments . We now proceed to the College of Christ Church , which may be considered as the chief glory of Oxford . The stately west front of the great Quadrangle is a ...
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... silver stream , are , here and there , en- livened by single trees , or groupes of them , just sufficient to break the long level of coarser verdure , and to make them harmonise with the highly embellished grounds above them . The whole ...
... silver stream , are , here and there , en- livened by single trees , or groupes of them , just sufficient to break the long level of coarser verdure , and to make them harmonise with the highly embellished grounds above them . The whole ...
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... silver fish in the centre ; four small statues , allusive to their situation , with something of treillage about them for creeping plants , occupy as many corresponding positions ; the whole being formed upon the plan , and answering to ...
... silver fish in the centre ; four small statues , allusive to their situation , with something of treillage about them for creeping plants , occupy as many corresponding positions ; the whole being formed upon the plan , and answering to ...
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... silver pheasants , with their gorgeous and finely pencilled plumage , would appear to be the more associated denizens of this peaceful republic . At the entrance of an adjoining wood , near the summit of the hill to the east , is a ...
... silver pheasants , with their gorgeous and finely pencilled plumage , would appear to be the more associated denizens of this peaceful republic . At the entrance of an adjoining wood , near the summit of the hill to the east , is a ...
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... silver Thames here wins her winding way ; While many a tower , and many a spire between , Shoots from the groves , and cheers the rural scene . The poet might have added to his beautiful description , the various mansions which ancient ...
... silver Thames here wins her winding way ; While many a tower , and many a spire between , Shoots from the groves , and cheers the rural scene . The poet might have added to his beautiful description , the various mansions which ancient ...
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