The Thames: Or Graphic Illustrations of Seats, Villas, Public Buildings, and Picturesque Scenery, on the Banks of that Noble River |
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It does not appear that the origin of this popular error can now be traced ; it has , however , been adopted by poetical fiction , and has thereby acquired a kind of classical sanction . The authosities are all against it , neither can ...
It does not appear that the origin of this popular error can now be traced ; it has , however , been adopted by poetical fiction , and has thereby acquired a kind of classical sanction . The authosities are all against it , neither can ...
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... produces some kind of waterfall , and gives activity and eddy to the current . But these weirs are generally connected with various accessory and diversifying circumstances ; the mill , the fisherman's hut , or the cottage of the ...
... produces some kind of waterfall , and gives activity and eddy to the current . But these weirs are generally connected with various accessory and diversifying circumstances ; the mill , the fisherman's hut , or the cottage of the ...
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Radcot bridge presents an object , not only picturesque in its appearance , and curious from its antiquity , as it is one of the oldest structures of its kind on the river , but is interesting also , from historical relation .
Radcot bridge presents an object , not only picturesque in its appearance , and curious from its antiquity , as it is one of the oldest structures of its kind on the river , but is interesting also , from historical relation .
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NUNEHAM COURTENAY . them : and though they do not prevent the eye from ranging over a part of the park , they form a kind of venerable inclosure , that gives the verdant area before the house the tranquil appearance which we have ...
NUNEHAM COURTENAY . them : and though they do not prevent the eye from ranging over a part of the park , they form a kind of venerable inclosure , that gives the verdant area before the house the tranquil appearance which we have ...
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... which , in its kind , has no equal that we have ever seen , and is very superior , as we think , to the situation of the Temple of Victory and Concord , in Stow gardens , which has been so much admired by the landscape gardener .
... which , in its kind , has no equal that we have ever seen , and is very superior , as we think , to the situation of the Temple of Victory and Concord , in Stow gardens , which has been so much admired by the landscape gardener .
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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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