The Thames: Or Graphic Illustrations of Seats, Villas, Public Buildings, and Picturesque Scenery, on the Banks of that Noble River |
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I a ciled to any rational opinion that the Thames head , a denomination by which from a very remote period it has been distinguished , should give rise to a river called Isis , and after having run a very large proportion of its course ...
I a ciled to any rational opinion that the Thames head , a denomination by which from a very remote period it has been distinguished , should give rise to a river called Isis , and after having run a very large proportion of its course ...
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The quadrangle called Peckwater , is an elegant enriched building of the Ionic order , after a design of Dr. Aldrich , then Dean of the College , who was equally distinguished for taste and learning . One angle of it is entirely ...
The quadrangle called Peckwater , is an elegant enriched building of the Ionic order , after a design of Dr. Aldrich , then Dean of the College , who was equally distinguished for taste and learning . One angle of it is entirely ...
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The Museum , which was also built under the direction of the same distinguished person , is generally admired for its symmetry and elegance . It contains the collections of Elias Ashmole , Esq . Windsor Herald in the reign of Charles ...
The Museum , which was also built under the direction of the same distinguished person , is generally admired for its symmetry and elegance . It contains the collections of Elias Ashmole , Esq . Windsor Herald in the reign of Charles ...
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As we consider this place to be the most distinguished for beauty along the course of the river , we consider ourselves as called upon to give an enlarged description of it . Nuneham Courtenay , at the General Survey , belonged to ...
As we consider this place to be the most distinguished for beauty along the course of the river , we consider ourselves as called upon to give an enlarged description of it . Nuneham Courtenay , at the General Survey , belonged to ...
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A considerable and very fine collection of pictures enhance its decoration ; among which are those of the following distinguished masters : -- Annibal Caracci , Murillo , Claude Lorrain , Albano , Guido , Salvator Rosa , Nicolo Poussin ...
A considerable and very fine collection of pictures enhance its decoration ; among which are those of the following distinguished masters : -- Annibal Caracci , Murillo , Claude Lorrain , Albano , Guido , Salvator Rosa , Nicolo Poussin ...
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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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