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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... various scenes of sylvan attraction , Hedsor and Clief- den appear in the near horizon , when the stream continues its course till it flows beneath them and the heights of Taplow to Maidenhead , and in a few miles reaches Windsor . The ...
... various scenes of sylvan attraction , Hedsor and Clief- den appear in the near horizon , when the stream continues its course till it flows beneath them and the heights of Taplow to Maidenhead , and in a few miles reaches Windsor . The ...
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... various levels of the country through which it takes its course . On the 19th of November , 1789 , the first vessel passed from the Severn to the Thames in the presence of a vast concourse of people , who came from every part of the ad ...
... various levels of the country through which it takes its course . On the 19th of November , 1789 , the first vessel passed from the Severn to the Thames in the presence of a vast concourse of people , who came from every part of the ad ...
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... various accessory and diversifying circumstances ; the mill , the fisherman's hut , or the cottage of the person who collects the toll , sometimes embowered in trees , but always connected with them , heighten and vary the character and ...
... various accessory and diversifying circumstances ; the mill , the fisherman's hut , or the cottage of the person who collects the toll , sometimes embowered in trees , but always connected with them , heighten and vary the character and ...
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... various size and figure . Thick woods form the general boundary , and where they offer an opening , prospects appear , which have the contrasted charms of distance , grandeur , and beauty . On the eastern side , the scene is broken into ...
... various size and figure . Thick woods form the general boundary , and where they offer an opening , prospects appear , which have the contrasted charms of distance , grandeur , and beauty . On the eastern side , the scene is broken into ...
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... various objects , with their accessory circum- stances , are seen in delightful succession and to the best ad- vantage , in the course of a riding that leads from one charm- ing scene to another , along the boundary of the park . The ...
... various objects , with their accessory circum- stances , are seen in delightful succession and to the best ad- vantage , in the course of a riding that leads from one charm- ing scene to another , along the boundary of the park . The ...
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