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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... erected to throw water from springs below , to supply the Canal above . This Engine throws up three hogsheads at a stroke , and gives sixteen strokes in a minute . The Spire in the distance , rises from the Church of Kemble , a pleasant ...
... erected to throw water from springs below , to supply the Canal above . This Engine throws up three hogsheads at a stroke , and gives sixteen strokes in a minute . The Spire in the distance , rises from the Church of Kemble , a pleasant ...
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... 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 the Metropolis ; and Thames introduced into all ...
... 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 the Metropolis ; and Thames introduced into all ...
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... erected by Robert D'Oilie , at the command of William the Con- queror in the year 1071 ; a work of great strength and considerable extent , as appears by the massy ruins which still remain . The City , properly so called , was formerly ...
... erected by Robert D'Oilie , at the command of William the Con- queror in the year 1071 ; a work of great strength and considerable extent , as appears by the massy ruins which still remain . The City , properly so called , was formerly ...
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... erected in the year 1492 under the direction of Cardinal Wolsey , at that time fellow and burser of the college . The Chapel is a handsome and well - proportioned building . The west window , painted in chiaro oscuro , was done after a ...
... erected in the year 1492 under the direction of Cardinal Wolsey , at that time fellow and burser of the college . The Chapel is a handsome and well - proportioned building . The west window , painted in chiaro oscuro , was done after a ...
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... erected in the reign of Henry the Seventh ; and the ponderous tower , with its lofty and finely ornamented spire , was added by the first Bishop of Oxford in the reign of Henry the Eighth . The elegant portico was raised by Dr. Owen ...
... erected in the reign of Henry the Seventh ; and the ponderous tower , with its lofty and finely ornamented spire , was added by the first Bishop of Oxford in the reign of Henry the Eighth . The elegant portico was raised by Dr. Owen ...
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