The Thames: Or, Graphic Illustrations of Seats, Villas, Public Buildings and Picturesque Scenery on the Banks of that Noble River, Volume 1Vernor, Hood & Sharpe and W.B. Cooke, 1811 - England |
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... appear that the origin of this popular error can now be traced ; it has , however , been adopted by poetical fiction , and has thereby ac- quired a kind of classical sanction . The autho- rities are all against it , neither can it be ...
... appear that the origin of this popular error can now be traced ; it has , however , been adopted by poetical fiction , and has thereby ac- quired a kind of classical sanction . The autho- rities are all against it , neither can it be ...
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... appear in the near horizon , when the stream continues its course till it flows beneath them and the heights of Taplow to Maidenhead , and in a few miles reaches Windsor . The magnifi- cence of Windsor Castle , appearing on its brow on ...
... appear in the near horizon , when the stream continues its course till it flows beneath them and the heights of Taplow to Maidenhead , and in a few miles reaches Windsor . The magnifi- cence of Windsor Castle , appearing on its brow on ...
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... appears , however , to have been fixed upon as a place of conference between Ethelred and the Danes in the year 1015 ; and that in seven years after- wards , in 1022 , Canute assembled here a council of the nation , when the laws of ...
... appears , however , to have been fixed upon as a place of conference between Ethelred and the Danes in the year 1015 ; and that in seven years after- wards , in 1022 , Canute assembled here a council of the nation , when the laws of ...
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... appear , which have the contrasted charms of distance , grandeur , and beauty . On the eastern side , the scene is broken into two dis- tinct views by the hills of Wettenham , at the distance of about five miles ; to the right of which ...
... appear , which have the contrasted charms of distance , grandeur , and beauty . On the eastern side , the scene is broken into two dis- tinct views by the hills of Wettenham , at the distance of about five miles ; to the right of which ...
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... appears on an elevated situation , and the entrance from thence to the family closet , being decorated with a semi - rotunda of Ionic columns , supporting a dome , produces the elegant form of a temple of that Order . A grove of fine ...
... appears on an elevated situation , and the entrance from thence to the family closet , being decorated with a semi - rotunda of Ionic columns , supporting a dome , produces the elegant form of a temple of that Order . A grove of fine ...
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