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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... which has as little foundation as the derivation of Letchlade from Latin - lade , on the tradition of its having been at the same period , the seat of a school or college , for the cultivation of the Latin tongue .
... which has as little foundation as the derivation of Letchlade from Latin - lade , on the tradition of its having been at the same period , the seat of a school or college , for the cultivation of the Latin tongue .
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... It will be expected that we should say something of its origin , which by some fanciful writers is thrown back to a period so remote as to render their antiquarian researches not only incredible but ridiculous .
... It will be expected that we should say something of its origin , which by some fanciful writers is thrown back to a period so remote as to render their antiquarian researches not only incredible but ridiculous .
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It was , we believe , at this period that he produced the set of etchings , which are highly estimated by the collectors in that branch of art , and which the late Lord Orford mentions in his works as a very beautiful specimen of it .
It was , we believe , at this period that he produced the set of etchings , which are highly estimated by the collectors in that branch of art , and which the late Lord Orford mentions in his works as a very beautiful specimen of it .
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This ancient structure was presented to Field Marshal Con-way by the inhabitants of Jersey , of which island he was Governor , and where it was erected at the remote period when the Druids reigned there , as well as in Britain .
This ancient structure was presented to Field Marshal Con-way by the inhabitants of Jersey , of which island he was Governor , and where it was erected at the remote period when the Druids reigned there , as well as in Britain .
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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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