The Thames: Or Graphic Illustrations of Seats, Villas, Public Buildings, and Picturesque Scenery, on the Banks of that Noble River |
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Here the palace is a magnificent object , and the stream glides on between the royal Park on the one side , and the elegant country houses of Thames Ditton on the other , till it reaches the ancient county town of Kingston in Surrey .
Here the palace is a magnificent object , and the stream glides on between the royal Park on the one side , and the elegant country houses of Thames Ditton on the other , till it reaches the ancient county town of Kingston in Surrey .
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preserved , are those of this place , at Oatlands , the seat of bis Royal Highness the Duke of York , and in the gardens of Wanstead House , in Essex . The Grotto House is the property of the Sykes family , the owners of Basilden House ...
preserved , are those of this place , at Oatlands , the seat of bis Royal Highness the Duke of York , and in the gardens of Wanstead House , in Essex . The Grotto House is the property of the Sykes family , the owners of Basilden House ...
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Park Place was originally the seat of Lord Archibald Hamilton , the uncle of the present duke of that title ; it was afterwards the residence of his Royal Highness Frederic , Prince of Wales , the father of his present Majesty ...
Park Place was originally the seat of Lord Archibald Hamilton , the uncle of the present duke of that title ; it was afterwards the residence of his Royal Highness Frederic , Prince of Wales , the father of his present Majesty ...
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A little Tuscan villa , of uncommon elegance , and a very charming example of architectural simplicity , was built on the spot , for the Field Marshal's chemical professor ; and which a royal professor of taste and sentiment might be ...
A little Tuscan villa , of uncommon elegance , and a very charming example of architectural simplicity , was built on the spot , for the Field Marshal's chemical professor ; and which a royal professor of taste and sentiment might be ...
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There is one , if not more , of his political pamphlets , which if they had been written at an earlier period , would have secured him a distinguished place in the late Lord Orford's work on Royal and noble Authors .
There is one , if not more , of his political pamphlets , which if they had been written at an earlier period , would have secured him a distinguished place in the late Lord Orford's work on Royal and noble Authors .
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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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