The Thames: Or Graphic Illustrations of Seats, Villas, Public Buildings, and Picturesque Scenery, on the Banks of that Noble River |
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... a very uncommon circumstance in the open country of Cotswould . At a small distance from the source it runs under the Akman - street Road , leading from Cirencester to Bath , and enters the parish of Kemble in the county of Wilts .
... a very uncommon circumstance in the open country of Cotswould . At a small distance from the source it runs under the Akman - street Road , leading from Cirencester to Bath , and enters the parish of Kemble in the county of Wilts .
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They remain as relics of former superstition ; but no historical document exists to mark any particular circumstance connected with them . The municipal government of the place is entrusted to the care of a Bailiff , who is appointed by ...
They remain as relics of former superstition ; but no historical document exists to mark any particular circumstance connected with them . The municipal government of the place is entrusted to the care of a Bailiff , who is appointed by ...
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... marked by the meandering range of willows on its banks , by the misty exhalation that floats above it , or by some other half distingaishable , vapoury circumstance , which the eye can scarce discern , and language cannot describe .
... marked by the meandering range of willows on its banks , by the misty exhalation that floats above it , or by some other half distingaishable , vapoury circumstance , which the eye can scarce discern , and language cannot describe .
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But these weirs are generally connected with various accessory and diversifying circumstances ; the mill , the fisherman's hut , or the cottage of the person who collects the toll , sometimes embowered in trees , but always connected ...
But these weirs are generally connected with various accessory and diversifying circumstances ; the mill , the fisherman's hut , or the cottage of the person who collects the toll , sometimes embowered in trees , but always connected ...
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In the well known poem of the Thame and the Isis , this historical circumstance has an illustration from the pen of the muse.Here Oxford's hero , famous for his boar , While clashing swords upon his target sound , And show'rs of arrows ...
In the well known poem of the Thame and the Isis , this historical circumstance has an illustration from the pen of the muse.Here Oxford's hero , famous for his boar , While clashing swords upon his target sound , And show'rs of arrows ...
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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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