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 village spire , the busy town , The shelving bank , the rising down , The fisher's boat , the peasant's home , The woodland seat , the regal dome , In quick succession rise to charm The mind with virtuous feelings warm .
... The village spire , the busy town , The shelving bank , the rising down , The fisher's boat , the peasant's home , The woodland seat , the regal dome , In quick succession rise to charm The mind with virtuous feelings warm .
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The part of the Thames and Severn Canal which is represented in the annexed engraving , passes beneath the road from Cirencester to Tetbury , and so on to Bath , and at a small distance from the first rising of the Thames , in the ...
The part of the Thames and Severn Canal which is represented in the annexed engraving , passes beneath the road from Cirencester to Tetbury , and so on to Bath , and at a small distance from the first rising of the Thames , in the ...
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... form an high waving boundary to the right , and force the eye onwards over a rich country to Letchlade steeple , the town of Highworth , rising in the view , and Faringdon hill , wbich breaks the line of a remote horizon .
... form an high waving boundary to the right , and force the eye onwards over a rich country to Letchlade steeple , the town of Highworth , rising in the view , and Faringdon hill , wbich breaks the line of a remote horizon .
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OXFORD , FROM I FLEY , Ifley , the beautiful spot from whence this view is taken , is situated on an eminence rising from the Thames , about a mile and an half from Oxford , and commands , as the engraving is intended to display , every ...
OXFORD , FROM I FLEY , Ifley , the beautiful spot from whence this view is taken , is situated on an eminence rising from the Thames , about a mile and an half from Oxford , and commands , as the engraving is intended to display , every ...
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It falls more gently to the left , and continues in a succession of various undulating surface , to the rising woodlands of the park . From the centre of this spot , a very extensive and delightful prospect presents itself to the view ...
It falls more gently to the left , and continues in a succession of various undulating surface , to the rising woodlands of the park . From the centre of this spot , a very extensive and delightful prospect presents itself to the view ...
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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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