The Thames: Or, Graphic Illustrations of Seats, Villas, Public Buildings and Picturesque Scenery on the Banks of that Noble River, Volume 1Vernor, Hood & Sharpe and W.B. Cooke, 1811 |
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... considered as the first on the river , unless a couple of flat stones laid across its previous and much narrower stream , may claim that title . At a small distance from the spring , but on the high ground above it , runs the canal ...
... considered as the first on the river , unless a couple of flat stones laid across its previous and much narrower stream , may claim that title . At a small distance from the spring , but on the high ground above it , runs the canal ...
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... considered for its edificial magnificence , its great antiquity , the scientific apparatus it possesses , and the application which is and has for ages been made of it for the advancement of every branch of learning and science , is a ...
... considered for its edificial magnificence , its great antiquity , the scientific apparatus it possesses , and the application which is and has for ages been made of it for the advancement of every branch of learning and science , is a ...
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... considered as the finest street in Europe . It is not quite straight , which , by the different scenery its curve affords , increases the beauty and heightens the picturesque effect of the whole . The principal entrance into this place ...
... considered as the finest street in Europe . It is not quite straight , which , by the different scenery its curve affords , increases the beauty and heightens the picturesque effect of the whole . The principal entrance into this place ...
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... considered as the chief glory of Oxford . The stately west front of the great Quadrangle is a mag- nificent Gothic building , three hundred and eighty - two feet in length , terminated at each end with two corresponding turrets . The ...
... considered as the chief glory of Oxford . The stately west front of the great Quadrangle is a mag- nificent Gothic building , three hundred and eighty - two feet in length , terminated at each end with two corresponding turrets . The ...
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... considered as a merit merely to pro- duce effect , these circumstances may claim an ample share of it ; because , on passing through this entrance to the apartments of the back front , the blaze of prospect , which there bursts upon the ...
... considered as a merit merely to pro- duce effect , these circumstances may claim an ample share of it ; because , on passing through this entrance to the apartments of the back front , the blaze of prospect , which there bursts upon the ...
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