The Thames: Or Graphic Illustrations of Seats, Villas, Public Buildings, and Picturesque Scenery, on the Banks of that Noble River |
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This tunnel was excavated in a direct line of two miles and a quarter through a variety of strata , though consisting chiefly of rock , underneath the hill , and presents a very novel and striking effect to those whose curiosity ...
This tunnel was excavated in a direct line of two miles and a quarter through a variety of strata , though consisting chiefly of rock , underneath the hill , and presents a very novel and striking effect to those whose curiosity ...
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... and by an act of parliament , passed in the twenty - second year of his present Majesty , the right of election was extended to the freeholders of the hundred , in common with the voters of the borough itself .
... and by an act of parliament , passed in the twenty - second year of his present Majesty , the right of election was extended to the freeholders of the hundred , in common with the voters of the borough itself .
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... vast concourse of people , who came from every part of the adjacent country to croud the banks and hail its passage , as the commencement of a benefit , whose present advantages and remote effects they did not attempt to calculate .
... vast concourse of people , who came from every part of the adjacent country to croud the banks and hail its passage , as the commencement of a benefit , whose present advantages and remote effects they did not attempt to calculate .
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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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The present house was built by the father of the late and the present earl , after a design of Ledbeater ; but has been a since much altered and enlarged under the direction of 43 NUNEHAM COURTENAY, ...
The present house was built by the father of the late and the present earl , after a design of Ledbeater ; but has been a since much altered and enlarged under the direction of 43 NUNEHAM COURTENAY, ...
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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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