The Thames: Or Graphic Illustrations of Seats, Villas, Public Buildings, and Picturesque Scenery, on the Banks of that Noble River |
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The rooms below contain the collection of pictures bequeathed to the College by General Guise , among which are some very fine works of the first masters . In a recess on the north side of the upper apartment is a fine ...
The rooms below contain the collection of pictures bequeathed to the College by General Guise , among which are some very fine works of the first masters . In a recess on the north side of the upper apartment is a fine ...
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Its principal . 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 ...
Its principal . 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 ...
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... because , on passing through this entrance 10. the . 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 .
... because , on passing through this entrance 10. the . 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 .
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... that the uniformity of prospect , however attractive in itself , was liable to satiate the eye , and , being a continuation of the expansive view which is seen from the principal apartments of the house , lost the charm of variety .
... that the uniformity of prospect , however attractive in itself , was liable to satiate the eye , and , being a continuation of the expansive view which is seen from the principal apartments of the house , lost the charm of variety .
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... as to give the building not only a very handsome , commodious range of apartments , but an exterior that has a claim to architectural importance ; and , while the principal front , which presents itself to the river , has acquired ...
... as to give the building not only a very handsome , commodious range of apartments , but an exterior that has a claim to architectural importance ; and , while the principal front , which presents itself to the river , has acquired ...
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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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