The Thames: Or Graphic Illustrations of Seats, Villas, Public Buildings, and Picturesque Scenery, on the Banks of that Noble River |
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The stately towers of the former long continue to give splendour to the prospect , and they scarce cease to be visible when the river reaches Runnymede , where was obtained by our ancestors by threatened arms the charter of those ...
The stately towers of the former long continue to give splendour to the prospect , and they scarce cease to be visible when the river reaches Runnymede , where was obtained by our ancestors by threatened arms the charter of those ...
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To the east and south - east , the prospect is still more extensive . Cricklade , with its stately tower , is seen in the bottom . The Wiltshire hills , blending with those of Berkshire , form an high waving boundary to the right ...
To the east and south - east , the prospect is still more extensive . Cricklade , with its stately tower , is seen in the bottom . The Wiltshire hills , blending with those of Berkshire , form an high waving boundary to the right ...
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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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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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From the centre of this spot , a very extensive and delightful prospect presents itself to the view , which is broken into two separate pictures by a groupe of fine elms on the projecting point of the lawn .
From the centre of this spot , a very extensive and delightful prospect presents itself to the view , which is broken into two separate pictures by a groupe of fine elms on the projecting point of the lawn .
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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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