The Thames: Or Graphic Illustrations of Seats, Villas, Public Buildings, and Picturesque Scenery, on the Banks of that Noble River |
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Forests of masts , docks of vast extent , the great naval arsenals , and the immense living navigation , possess and adorn it till after a course of more than two hundred miles , it yields its abundant waters to the sea .
Forests of masts , docks of vast extent , the great naval arsenals , and the immense living navigation , possess and adorn it till after a course of more than two hundred miles , it yields its abundant waters to the sea .
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sary appendages to the upper division of the Thames nari . gation , and possesses a full proportion of the landscape effect which has just been described : it is a scene where the eye , satiated with the glare of extensive prospect ...
sary appendages to the upper division of the Thames nari . gation , and possesses a full proportion of the landscape effect which has just been described : it is a scene where the eye , satiated with the glare of extensive prospect ...
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The University of Oxford , whether considered for its edificial magnificence , its great antiquity , the scientific apparatus it possesses , and the application which is and has for ages been made of it for the advancement of every ...
The University of Oxford , whether considered for its edificial magnificence , its great antiquity , the scientific apparatus it possesses , and the application which is and has for ages been made of it for the advancement of every ...
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Grandeur belongs to a wood , beauty is the characteristic of a grove , -and this spot possesses both . It contains a large assemblage of the finest oaks , covering a deep , indented , and extensive brow , sinking into glens , or rising ...
Grandeur belongs to a wood , beauty is the characteristic of a grove , -and this spot possesses both . It contains a large assemblage of the finest oaks , covering a deep , indented , and extensive brow , sinking into glens , or rising ...
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The buildings consist of a grotto possessing all “ the pensive secresy of desert cell . ” The Temple of Flora , after a Doric portico , at Athens ; a bower , against which are planted roses , woodbines , jessamines , and several ...
The buildings consist of a grotto possessing all “ the pensive secresy of desert cell . ” The Temple of Flora , after a Doric portico , at Athens ; a bower , against which are planted roses , woodbines , jessamines , and several ...
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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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