The Thames: Or Graphic Illustrations of Seats, Villas, Public Buildings, and Picturesque Scenery, on the Banks of that Noble River |
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... one of the most elegant of the many structures that stretch across it , when its northern bank at Fawley is in the county of Buckingham . We now come to the most beautiful part of a river that abounds in beauties .
... one of the most elegant of the many structures that stretch across it , when its northern bank at Fawley is in the county of Buckingham . We now come to the most beautiful part of a river that abounds in beauties .
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Here the palace is a magnificent object , and the stream glides on between the royal Park on the one side , and the elegant country houses of Thames Ditton on the other , till it reaches the ancient county town of Kingston in Surrey .
Here the palace is a magnificent object , and the stream glides on between the royal Park on the one side , and the elegant country houses of Thames Ditton on the other , till it reaches the ancient county town of Kingston in Surrey .
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The elegant portico was raised by Dr. Owen , chaplain to Archbishop Laud , in the year 1637 . The High Street receives an additional decoration from the beautiful Church of All Saints . This fabric is enriched within and without with ...
The elegant portico was raised by Dr. Owen , chaplain to Archbishop Laud , in the year 1637 . The High Street receives an additional decoration from the beautiful Church of All Saints . This fabric is enriched within and without with ...
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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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| 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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