The Thames: Or Graphic Illustrations of Seats, Villas, Public Buildings, and Picturesque Scenery, on the Banks of that Noble River |
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From its source it flows on in a rivulet character , till it reaches Cricklade in Wiltshire , where being increased by the contribution of several inferior streams , it assumes a more attractive appearance . Approaching Kemsford , it re ...
From its source it flows on in a rivulet character , till it reaches Cricklade in Wiltshire , where being increased by the contribution of several inferior streams , it assumes a more attractive appearance . Approaching Kemsford , it re ...
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The river now assumes a more polished , and , as it has long possessed , a classical character . Twickenham with its gardens and its meads , and Ham , scarce seen in its leafy bowers , adorn the banks of the river , till it flows ...
The river now assumes a more polished , and , as it has long possessed , a classical character . Twickenham with its gardens and its meads , and Ham , scarce seen in its leafy bowers , adorn the banks of the river , till it flows ...
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INTRODUCTION . to Kew , where its rural character , may be said almost to end ; or at least is blended , with the mill and the manufactory , the lengthened street , the active occupations of life , and the busy hum of men .
INTRODUCTION . to Kew , where its rural character , may be said almost to end ; or at least is blended , with the mill and the manufactory , the lengthened street , the active occupations of life , and the busy hum of men .
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It is , however , evident from the accounts of those antiquarian writers , whose character and learning justify a full reliance on their information , that Greke - lade and Latin - lade , the two places which originally ...
It is , however , evident from the accounts of those antiquarian writers , whose character and learning justify a full reliance on their information , that Greke - lade and Latin - lade , the two places which originally ...
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... part of the common , is just sufficient to divide the extensive prospect in these distinct pictures , which contain the leading features , or character of the country , through which the Thames flows from its source to Faringdon .
... part of the common , is just sufficient to divide the extensive prospect in these distinct pictures , which contain the leading features , or character of the country , through which the Thames flows from its source to Faringdon .
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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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