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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... tion as the derivation of Letchlade from Latin - lade , on the tradition of its having been at the same period , the seat of a school or college , for the cultivation of the Latin tongue . It is , however , evident from the accounts of ...
... tion as the derivation of Letchlade from Latin - lade , on the tradition of its having been at the same period , the seat of a school or college , for the cultivation of the Latin tongue . It is , however , evident from the accounts of ...
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... tion of their representatives , it deservedly suffered the dis- pleasure of the House of Commons ; and by an act of parlia- ment , passed in the twenty - second year of his present Ma- jesty , the right of election was extended to the ...
... tion of their representatives , it deservedly suffered the dis- pleasure of the House of Commons ; and by an act of parlia- ment , passed in the twenty - second year of his present Ma- jesty , the right of election was extended to the ...
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... tion to those who are disposed to attach importance to it , we shall proceed to give a brief account of the place itself , It will be expected that we should say something of its origin , which by some fanciful writers is thrown back to ...
... tion to those who are disposed to attach importance to it , we shall proceed to give a brief account of the place itself , It will be expected that we should say something of its origin , which by some fanciful writers is thrown back to ...
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... tion may be supposed to receive an added ardor from exterior circumstances , in this place of worship that effect cannot fail of being produced . The west window represents the Nativity , after the picture painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds ...
... tion may be supposed to receive an added ardor from exterior circumstances , in this place of worship that effect cannot fail of being produced . The west window represents the Nativity , after the picture painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds ...
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... tion is all that we can venture to adopt . The University Library , usually called the Bodleian , from Sir Thomas Bodley , its principal founder , is a large and lofty structure in the form of a Roman H , and rivals the first libraries ...
... tion is all that we can venture to adopt . The University Library , usually called the Bodleian , from Sir Thomas Bodley , its principal founder , is a large and lofty structure in the form of a Roman H , and rivals the first libraries ...
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