The Thames: Or Graphic Illustrations of Seats, Villas, Public Buildings, and Picturesque Scenery, on the Banks of that Noble River |
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Thames , supposed to be formed from a combination of the titles of these conjoined streams . It does not appear that the origin of this popular error can now be traced ; it has , however , been adopted by poetical fiction , and has ...
Thames , supposed to be formed from a combination of the titles of these conjoined streams . It does not appear that the origin of this popular error can now be traced ; it has , however , been adopted by poetical fiction , and has ...
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Beneath is a picture of Christ bearing his Cross : the principal figure is supposed to be by Guido ; the accessory parts are evidently by a far inferior pencil . — The interior of the cloisters is decorated , or disgraced by ...
Beneath is a picture of Christ bearing his Cross : the principal figure is supposed to be by Guido ; the accessory parts are evidently by a far inferior pencil . — The interior of the cloisters is decorated , or disgraced by ...
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If devotion may be supposed to receive an added ardor from exterior circumstances , in this place of worship that effect cannot fail of being produced . The west window represents the Nativity , after the picture painted by Sir Joshua ...
If devotion may be supposed to receive an added ardor from exterior circumstances , in this place of worship that effect cannot fail of being produced . The west window represents the Nativity , after the picture painted by Sir Joshua ...
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The view of that part of the river where the supposed junction of the Thame and the Isis is formed , is perfectly correct as to the existing objects ; but the Thame , which rises in the county of Buckingham , and is a very inferior ...
The view of that part of the river where the supposed junction of the Thame and the Isis is formed , is perfectly correct as to the existing objects ; but the Thame , which rises in the county of Buckingham , and is a very inferior ...
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a advancement towards that effect which their mature growth , it is supposed , will hereafter produce . But his lordship has done that which must be allowed to add to the possessional importance of the place — he has made several ...
a advancement towards that effect which their mature growth , it is supposed , will hereafter produce . But his lordship has done that which must be allowed to add to the possessional importance of the place — he has made several ...
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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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