The Thames: Or Graphic Illustrations of Seats, Villas, Public Buildings, and Picturesque Scenery, on the Banks of that Noble River, Volume 1Vernor, Hood and Sharpe, 1811 |
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... rich in verdure , penetrates a long arch of foliage up to the west end of the clturch , which appears on an elevated situation , and the entrance from thence to the family closet , being decorated with a semi - rotunda of Ionie columns ...
... rich in verdure , penetrates a long arch of foliage up to the west end of the clturch , which appears on an elevated situation , and the entrance from thence to the family closet , being decorated with a semi - rotunda of Ionie columns ...
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... rich and beautiful planta- tion , which thickens along the upper part of it . Here the extensive view of the country had originally no inter- ruption , so that the uniformity of prospect , however at- tractive in itself , was liable to ...
... rich and beautiful planta- tion , which thickens along the upper part of it . Here the extensive view of the country had originally no inter- ruption , so that the uniformity of prospect , however at- tractive in itself , was liable to ...
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... rich and elegant . The correspon- dence of the parts does not produce sameness , and , in their contrast , there is neither abruptness or singularity . The woods are extensive ; beautiful in themselves , and ennobled by the Thames ...
... rich and elegant . The correspon- dence of the parts does not produce sameness , and , in their contrast , there is neither abruptness or singularity . The woods are extensive ; beautiful in themselves , and ennobled by the Thames ...
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... rich , but , strange as it may appear , not a glimpse is caught , from the principal floor , of the river which flows beneath it . The attic story alone catches a sight of the Thames . The other part of this view embraces Combe Lodge ...
... rich , but , strange as it may appear , not a glimpse is caught , from the principal floor , of the river which flows beneath it . The attic story alone catches a sight of the Thames . The other part of this view embraces Combe Lodge ...
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... rich , but , strange as it may appear , not a glimpse is caught , from the principal floor , of the river which flows beneath it . The attic story alone catches a sight of the Thames . The other part of this view embraces Combe Lodge ...
... rich , but , strange as it may appear , not a glimpse is caught , from the principal floor , of the river which flows beneath it . The attic story alone catches a sight of the Thames . The other part of this view embraces Combe Lodge ...
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Abbey adorned afterwards ancient appears arch banks beauty beneath Berkshire Bisham Abbey bridge building ceiling chamber chapel character Charles the Second charming church College Cookham Cricklade crowned decorated display distance distinguished Drawn Duke Earl Edward the Fourth elegant enriched entrance erected Eton College FAWLEY COURT feet garden Garter grotto ground grove HAMPTON COURT Henley Henley Bridge Henry the Eighth Henry the Seventh Hill honour hundred Inigo Jones Ionic order King King's knights Lady landscape lawn Lord magnificence Maidenhead Bridge Majesty Marlow miles noble NUNEHAM COURTENAY object ornamented Owen Esq Oxford painted palace Park Place picture picturesque pleasing portrait possesses present Prince principal Queen racter reign represented residence rich rising river royal scene scenery seat seen silver situation spacious spire spot stone structure Taplow taste Thames Thames Head tion Titian tower town trees Twickenham Vandyck variety village William window WINDSOR CASTLE woods York Place