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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... miles below Ox- ford , when those who have supported this idle notion , allow it to assume the name of the Thames , supposed to be formed from a combin- ation of the titles of these conjoined streams . It does not appear that the origin ...
... miles below Ox- ford , when those who have supported this idle notion , allow it to assume the name of the Thames , supposed to be formed from a combin- ation of the titles of these conjoined streams . It does not appear that the origin ...
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... miles from London . The river now divides the counties of Berks and Oxford , passing by Buscot , Farringdon , Stanton , Harcourt , and Ensham , till after a suc- cession of beautiful meanders it reaches Oxford . It then proceeds by ...
... miles from London . The river now divides the counties of Berks and Oxford , passing by Buscot , Farringdon , Stanton , Harcourt , and Ensham , till after a suc- cession of beautiful meanders it reaches Oxford . It then proceeds by ...
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... miles it receives the waters of the Thame , an insignificant stream , and at no great distance flows beneath the ancient bridge of Wallingford . The country through which it now runs is replete with beauty . The Streatly Hills , the ...
... miles it receives the waters of the Thame , an insignificant stream , and at no great distance flows beneath the ancient bridge of Wallingford . The country through which it now runs is replete with beauty . The Streatly Hills , the ...
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... miles reaches Windsor . The magnifi- cence of Windsor Castle , appearing on its brow on one side , and the Academic groves of Eton College on the other , form a scene of contrasted interest and contrasted beauty . The stately towers of ...
... miles reaches Windsor . The magnifi- cence of Windsor Castle , appearing on its brow on one side , and the Academic groves of Eton College on the other , form a scene of contrasted interest and contrasted beauty . The stately towers of ...
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... miles , it yields its abundant waters to the sea . The charms Italian meadows shower , The orange grove , the myrtle bower , The roaring cat'ract wild and white , The Lotos flower of azure light ; The fields where ceaseless summer ...
... miles , it yields its abundant waters to the sea . The charms Italian meadows shower , The orange grove , the myrtle bower , The roaring cat'ract wild and white , The Lotos flower of azure light ; The fields where ceaseless summer ...
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