The Thames: Or, Graphic Illustrations of Seats, Villas, Public Buildings and Picturesque Scenery on the Banks of that Noble River, Volume 1 |
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Twickenham with its gardens and its meads , and Ham , scarce seen in its leafy bowers , adorn the banks of the river , till it flows beneath the lofty brow of Richmond ; when it ...
Twickenham with its gardens and its meads , and Ham , scarce seen in its leafy bowers , adorn the banks of the river , till it flows beneath the lofty brow of Richmond ; when it ...
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Nearly opposite to Magdalen College is the Physic Garden , whose gateway is of the Doric order , from a design by Inigo Jones ; nor does it derogate from his great professional name . On proceeding up the High Street , Queen's College ...
Nearly opposite to Magdalen College is the Physic Garden , whose gateway is of the Doric order , from a design by Inigo Jones ; nor does it derogate from his great professional name . On proceeding up the High Street , Queen's College ...
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It is built on a regular and uniformn plan ; house answering to house , and garden to garden , on either side of the road ; and though regularity is generally thought to , and certainly does , destroy picturesque effect , nevertheless ...
It is built on a regular and uniformn plan ; house answering to house , and garden to garden , on either side of the road ; and though regularity is generally thought to , and certainly does , destroy picturesque effect , nevertheless ...
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The garden part of Nuneham , and which may be considered as the pride of it , does not contain more than forty acres , but its command of country is very comprehensive , and the inlets of park scenery give an artificial extent to its ...
The garden part of Nuneham , and which may be considered as the pride of it , does not contain more than forty acres , but its command of country is very comprehensive , and the inlets of park scenery give an artificial extent to its ...
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This description comprehends the exterior features of the principal views from Nuneham , and we shall now proceed to trace the line of the garden , which , besides its own extensive beauties , gives so many charming subdivisions of the ...
This description comprehends the exterior features of the principal views from Nuneham , and we shall now proceed to trace the line of the garden , which , besides its own extensive beauties , gives so many charming subdivisions of the ...
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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 The Thames: Or, Graphic Illustrations of Seats, Villas, Public Buildings and Picturesque Scenery on the Banks of that Noble River, William Bernard Cooke |
| Author | William Bernard Cooke |
| Publisher | Vernor, Hood & Sharpe and W.B. Cooke, 1811 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | Mar 28, 2007 |
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