The Thames: Or Graphic Illustrations of Seats, Villas, Public Buildings, and Picturesque Scenery, on the Banks of that Noble River |
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... visible when the river reaches Runnymede , where was obtained by our ancestors by threatened arms the charter of those liberties , which every Briton now enjoys beneath his own vine and his own fig - tree , in peace and security .
... visible when the river reaches Runnymede , where was obtained by our ancestors by threatened arms the charter of those liberties , which every Briton now enjoys beneath his own vine and his own fig - tree , in peace and security .
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... ground planted with trees , on the north - east part of the common , is just sufficient to divide the extensive prospect in these distinct pictures , which contain the leading features , or character of the country , through which ...
... ground planted with trees , on the north - east part of the common , is just sufficient to divide the extensive prospect in these distinct pictures , which contain the leading features , or character of the country , through which ...
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... the mill , the fisherman's hut , or the cottage of the person who collects the toll , sometimes embowered in trees , but always connected with them , heighten and vary the character and humble beauties of the scene .
... the mill , the fisherman's hut , or the cottage of the person who collects the toll , sometimes embowered in trees , but always connected with them , heighten and vary the character and humble beauties of the scene .
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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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The home part is broke into waving lawns , enlivened by single trees , and occasional groupes of them of various size and figure . Thick woods form the general boundary , and where they offer an opening , prospects appear , which have ...
The home part is broke into waving lawns , enlivened by single trees , and occasional groupes of them of various size and figure . Thick woods form the general boundary , and where they offer an opening , prospects appear , which have ...
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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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