The Thames: Or Graphic Illustrations of Seats, Villas, Public Buildings, and Picturesque Scenery, on the Banks of that Noble RiverVernor, Hood and Sharpe, 1811 - Thames River (England) |
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... apartment is a fine statue of Mr. Locke , who was a student of this college : the sculptor is Roubilliac . The other Colleges contain objects worthy of attention and description ; but the limits of these volumes will not allow us to ...
... apartment is a fine statue of Mr. Locke , who was a student of this college : the sculptor is Roubilliac . The other Colleges contain objects worthy of attention and description ; but the limits of these volumes will not allow us to ...
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... apartments are of grand proportions , and fitted up both as to furniture and embellishment , in a very superior and splendid taste . It may be said with great truth of this mansion , that it is not too small for the first station , nor ...
... apartments are of grand proportions , and fitted up both as to furniture and embellishment , in a very superior and splendid taste . It may be said with great truth of this mansion , that it is not too small for the first station , nor ...
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... apartments of the back front , the blaze of prospect , which there bursts upon the view , is greatly heightened by the comparative gloom of the passage to it . The park is a noble domain , containing twelve hundred acres , is finely ...
... apartments of the back front , the blaze of prospect , which there bursts upon the view , is greatly heightened by the comparative gloom of the passage to it . The park is a noble domain , containing twelve hundred acres , is finely ...
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... apartments of the house , lost the charm of variety . This plantation , therefore , creates a new effect , by producing that temporary concealment , which gives fresh spirit , as it were , to the re - appearance of the pros- pect . It ...
... apartments of the house , lost the charm of variety . This plantation , therefore , creates a new effect , by producing that temporary concealment , which gives fresh spirit , as it were , to the re - appearance of the pros- pect . It ...
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... apartments , but an exterior that has a claim to archi- tectural importance ; and , while the principal front , which presents itself to the river , has acquired extent , without violating uniformity , the new elevation , which looks ...
... apartments , but an exterior that has a claim to archi- tectural importance ; and , while the principal front , which presents itself to the river , has acquired extent , without violating uniformity , the new elevation , which looks ...
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