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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... towers of the former long continue to give splendour to the prospect , and they scarce cease to be visible when the river reaches Runnymede , where was obtained by our ancestors by threat- ened arms the charter of those liberties ...
... towers of the former long continue to give splendour to the prospect , and they scarce cease to be visible when the river reaches Runnymede , where was obtained by our ancestors by threat- ened arms the charter of those liberties ...
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... towers , Brings home to us , and makes both Indies ours ; Finds wealth where ' tis , bestows it where it wants ; Cities in deserts , woods in cities plants ; So that to us , nothing , no place is strange , While his fair bosom is the ...
... towers , Brings home to us , and makes both Indies ours ; Finds wealth where ' tis , bestows it where it wants ; Cities in deserts , woods in cities plants ; So that to us , nothing , no place is strange , While his fair bosom is the ...
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... tower , that serves as a land- mark to the surrounding country . There is also two an- cient crosses still entire ; one of them is situated in the lower church - yard , and is of a pretty shape ; the other is in the centre of the high ...
... tower , that serves as a land- mark to the surrounding country . There is also two an- cient crosses still entire ; one of them is situated in the lower church - yard , and is of a pretty shape ; the other is in the centre of the high ...
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... tower of Ciren- cester , with the Oakley woods , backed by the extending sweep of the Cotswold hills . The interval is composed of rich , woody lowlands , where the village and the spire vary . the scene ; and through which , though the ...
... tower of Ciren- cester , with the Oakley woods , backed by the extending sweep of the Cotswold hills . The interval is composed of rich , woody lowlands , where the village and the spire vary . the scene ; and through which , though the ...
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... tower as a dwelling- and wharf - house has been erected as a deposit for coals brought by the canal , in case the navigation should at any time or by any cause receive a temporary obstruction . Thus is the Severn brought as it were to ...
... tower as a dwelling- and wharf - house has been erected as a deposit for coals brought by the canal , in case the navigation should at any time or by any cause receive a temporary obstruction . Thus is the Severn brought as it were to ...
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