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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... seen in its leafy bowers , adorn the banks of the river , till it flows beneath the lofty brow of Richmond ; when it passes on , with the tide's accelerated wave , be- tween the royal Gardens , and the lawns of Sion INTRODUCTION . to ...
... seen in its leafy bowers , adorn the banks of the river , till it flows beneath the lofty brow of Richmond ; when it passes on , with the tide's accelerated wave , be- tween the royal Gardens , and the lawns of Sion INTRODUCTION . to ...
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... 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 scene ; and through which ...
... 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 scene ; and through which ...
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... seen in the picture . A round tower as a dwelling- and wharf - house has been 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 ...
... seen in the picture . A round tower as a dwelling- and wharf - house has been 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 ...
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... 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 garden part of Nuneham , and which may be consi- dered as the ...
... 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 garden part of Nuneham , and which may be consi- dered as the ...
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... seen be- yond it ; and the eye , returning over the dark mass of the distant woods , in Berkshire , and the fertile intervening country , completes its view of the right hand picture . Its companion on the left , comprehends a larger ...
... seen be- yond it ; and the eye , returning over the dark mass of the distant woods , in Berkshire , and the fertile intervening country , completes its view of the right hand picture . Its companion on the left , comprehends a larger ...
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