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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... structures that stretch across it , when its northern bank at Fawley is in the county of Buckingham . We now come to the most beautiful part of a river that abounds in beauties . From Henley to Maidenhead bridge there is a most ...
... structures that stretch across it , when its northern bank at Fawley is in the county of Buckingham . We now come to the most beautiful part of a river that abounds in beauties . From Henley to Maidenhead bridge there is a most ...
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... structures of its kind on the river , but is interest- ing also , from historical relation . It is recorded to have been the scene of a remarkable battle , fought in the year 1387 , and in the reign of Richard the Second , between the ...
... structures of its kind on the river , but is interest- ing also , from historical relation . It is recorded to have been the scene of a remarkable battle , fought in the year 1387 , and in the reign of Richard the Second , between the ...
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... structure , built from a design of Mr. Gwyn , who was a na- tive of the city and architect to the University , which is indebted to him for many judicious alterations and improve- ments . At the foot of this bridge is Magdalen College ...
... structure , built from a design of Mr. Gwyn , who was a na- tive of the city and architect to the University , which is indebted to him for many judicious alterations and improve- ments . At the foot of this bridge is Magdalen College ...
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... structure , which is of stone , was begun about the year 1672 , and bears some re- semblance to the style of the Luxemburgh Palace in Paris . The two projecting sides of the building are united by a wall with a spacious central gateway ...
... structure , which is of stone , was begun about the year 1672 , and bears some re- semblance to the style of the Luxemburgh Palace in Paris . The two projecting sides of the building are united by a wall with a spacious central gateway ...
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... structure by Sir Christopher , is most happily adapted to the character of the building , and crowns the whole . It contains the bell which is so well known by the name of Great Tom of Oxford . The great Quadrangle , of which this ...
... structure by Sir Christopher , is most happily adapted to the character of the building , and crowns the whole . It contains the bell which is so well known by the name of Great Tom of Oxford . The great Quadrangle , of which this ...
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