The Thames: Or Graphic Illustrations of Seats, Villas, Public Buildings, and Picturesque Scenery, on the Banks of that Noble River |
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Oxford , from Ifley . Nuneham Courtney , the seat of Earl Harcourt . Cottage and Bridge . Abingdon . Junction of the Thame and Isis . The Grotto House at Basildon . Basildon Park and Combe Lodge . Purley Hall , seat of the late Anthony ...
Oxford , from Ifley . Nuneham Courtney , the seat of Earl Harcourt . Cottage and Bridge . Abingdon . Junction of the Thame and Isis . The Grotto House at Basildon . Basildon Park and Combe Lodge . Purley Hall , seat of the late Anthony ...
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It has been very erroneously named Isis , till it is joined by the Thame or Tame , about fifteen miles below Oxford , when those who have supported this idle notion , allow it to assume the name of the ! Thames , supposed to be formed ...
It has been very erroneously named Isis , till it is joined by the Thame or Tame , about fifteen miles below Oxford , when those who have supported this idle notion , allow it to assume the name of the ! Thames , supposed to be formed ...
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The river now divides the counties of Berks and Oxford , passing by Buscot , Farringdon , Stanton , Harcourt , and Ensham , till after a succession of beautiful meanders it reaches Oxford . It then proceeds by Ifley ...
The river now divides the counties of Berks and Oxford , passing by Buscot , Farringdon , Stanton , Harcourt , and Ensham , till after a succession of beautiful meanders it reaches Oxford . It then proceeds by Ifley ...
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... and in the neighbourhood of Oxford or Oxenford , juxta Oroniam ; to which place , or to use the language of Grafton in his Chronicle , “ to the soil where Oxford now standeth , the philosophers allured , by the pleasant situation of ...
... and in the neighbourhood of Oxford or Oxenford , juxta Oroniam ; to which place , or to use the language of Grafton in his Chronicle , “ to the soil where Oxford now standeth , the philosophers allured , by the pleasant situation of ...
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Here Oxford's hero , famous for his boar , While clashing swords upon his target sound , And show'rs of arrows from his breast rebound , Prepar'd for worst of fates , undaunted stood , And urg'd his beast into the rapid Hood ; The waves ...
Here Oxford's hero , famous for his boar , While clashing swords upon his target sound , And show'rs of arrows from his breast rebound , Prepar'd for worst of fates , undaunted stood , And urg'd his beast into the rapid Hood ; The waves ...
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| Title | The Thames: Or Graphic Illustrations of Seats, Villas, Public Buildings, and Picturesque Scenery, on the Banks of that Noble River Volume 1 of The Thames; Or, Graphic Illustrations of Seats, Villas, Public Buildings, and Picturesque Scenery, on the Banks of that Noble River, William Bernard Cooke |
| Author | Samuel Owen |
| Illustrated by | William Bernard Cooke, Samuel Owen |
| Publisher | Vernor, Hood and Sharpe, 1811 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | Oct 20, 2007 |
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