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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It has been very erroneously named Isis , till it is joined by the Thame or Tame , about fifteen miles below Oxford , when those who have supported this idle notion , allow it to assume the name of the Thames , supposed to be formed ...
It has been very erroneously named Isis , till it is joined by the Thame or Tame , about fifteen miles below Oxford , when those who have supported this idle notion , allow it to assume the name of the Thames , supposed to be formed ...
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... the waters of the Lech and the Coln , it becomes capable of navigating vessels from ninety to an hundred tons burthen ; and at the distance , according to the river admeasurement , of one hundred and thirtyeight miles from London .
... the waters of the Lech and the Coln , it becomes capable of navigating vessels from ninety to an hundred tons burthen ; and at the distance , according to the river admeasurement , of one hundred and thirtyeight miles from London .
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In the course of a few miles it receives the waters of the Thame , an insignificant stream , and at no great distance flows beneath the ancient bridge of Wallingford . The country through which it now runs is replete with beauty .
In the course of a few miles it receives the waters of the Thame , an insignificant stream , and at no great distance flows beneath the ancient bridge of Wallingford . The country through which it now runs is replete with beauty .
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... and in a few miles reaches Windsor . The magnificence of Windsor Castle , appearing on its brow on one side , and the Academic groves of Eton College on the other , form a scene of contrasted interest and contrasted beauty .
... and in a few miles reaches Windsor . The magnificence of Windsor Castle , appearing on its brow on one side , and the Academic groves of Eton College on the other , form a scene of contrasted interest and contrasted beauty .
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Forests of masts , docks of vast extent , the great naval arsenals , and the immense living navigation , possess and adorn it till after a course of more than two hundred miles , it yields its abundant waters to the sea .
Forests of masts , docks of vast extent , the great naval arsenals , and the immense living navigation , possess and adorn it till after a course of more than two hundred miles , it yields its abundant waters to the sea .
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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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