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 stately towers of the former long continue to give splendour to the prospect , and they scarce cease to be visible when the river reaches Runnymede , where was obtained by our ancestors by threatened arms the charter of those ...
The stately towers of the former long continue to give splendour to the prospect , and they scarce cease to be visible when the river reaches Runnymede , where was obtained by our ancestors by threatened arms the charter of those ...
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INTRODUCTION . beautiful lines , in which the poet of the spot gives a description of the river , which will enliven and add importance to our own . a My eye , descending from the hill , surveys Where Thames among the wanton vallies ...
INTRODUCTION . beautiful lines , in which the poet of the spot gives a description of the river , which will enliven and add importance to our own . a My eye , descending from the hill , surveys Where Thames among the wanton vallies ...
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The scenery of Ham Farm , Woo, burn Farm , and Oatlands , give beauty and splendour to its banks ; and having passed the small retired village of Shepperton , and flowed through Walton Bridge , its Middlesex side is decorated with a ...
The scenery of Ham Farm , Woo, burn Farm , and Oatlands , give beauty and splendour to its banks ; and having passed the small retired village of Shepperton , and flowed through Walton Bridge , its Middlesex side is decorated with a ...
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... star of evening in the broad expanse of heaven , and keeps continually increasing on the eye , till a delightful range of rural scenery beyond gives a grateful relief to the uniform insipidity of protracted gloominess and shade .
... star of evening in the broad expanse of heaven , and keeps continually increasing on the eye , till a delightful range of rural scenery beyond gives a grateful relief to the uniform insipidity of protracted gloominess and shade .
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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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