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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... object , and the stream glides on between the royal Park on the one side , and the elegant country houses of Thames Ditton on the other , till it reaches the ancient county town of King- ston in Surrey . The river now assumes a more ...
... object , and the stream glides on between the royal Park on the one side , and the elegant country houses of Thames Ditton on the other , till it reaches the ancient county town of King- ston in Surrey . The river now assumes a more ...
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... object that en- livens the surrounding country . The stream now acquires the breadth of about twelve yards , over which there is a foot - bridge formed by large stones laid on piles , which may be considered as the first on the river ...
... object that en- livens the surrounding country . The stream now acquires the breadth of about twelve yards , over which there is a foot - bridge formed by large stones laid on piles , which may be considered as the first on the river ...
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... object in the picture , has been 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 ...
... object in the picture , has been 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 ...
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... object , and to the north is seen 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 ...
... object , and to the north is seen 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 ...
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... object , not only picturesque in its appearance , and curious from its antiquity , as it is one of the oldest structures of its kind on the river , but is interest- ing also , from historical relation . It is recorded to have been the ...
... object , not only picturesque in its appearance , and curious from its antiquity , as it is one of the oldest structures of its kind on the river , but is interest- ing also , from historical relation . It is recorded to have been the ...
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