The Thames: Or Graphic Illustrations of Seats, Villas, Public Buildings, and Picturesque Scenery, on the Banks of that Noble River |
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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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... the architectural additions by Wyatt , have combined to produce a most solemn and striking effect on the mind . ... an added ardor from exterior circumstances , in this place of worship that effect cannot fail of being produced .
... the architectural additions by Wyatt , have combined to produce a most solemn and striking effect on the mind . ... an added ardor from exterior circumstances , in this place of worship that effect cannot fail of being produced .
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This effect is , in a great measure , produced by three groupes of large elms , which , in different forms , present themselves . at a short distance in the front , and are connected by side screens of trees , with the wings of the ...
This effect is , in a great measure , produced by three groupes of large elms , which , in different forms , present themselves . at a short distance in the front , and are connected by side screens of trees , with the wings of the ...
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Indeed , if it may be considered as a merit merely to produce effect , these circumstances may claim an ample share of it ; because , on passing through this entrance 10. the . apartments of the back front , the blaze of prospect ...
Indeed , if it may be considered as a merit merely to produce effect , these circumstances may claim an ample share of it ; because , on passing through this entrance 10. the . apartments of the back front , the blaze of prospect ...
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... which appears on an elevated situation , and the entrance from thence to the family closet , being decorated with a semi - rotunda of Ionic columns , supporting a dome , produces the elegant form of a temple of that Order .
... which appears on an elevated situation , and the entrance from thence to the family closet , being decorated with a semi - rotunda of Ionic columns , supporting a dome , produces the elegant form of a temple of that Order .
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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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