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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... period it has been distinguished , should give rise to a river called Isis , and after having run a very large proportion of its course , should re - assume the name of the Thames . From its source it flows on in a rivulet cha- racter ...
... period it has been distinguished , should give rise to a river called Isis , and after having run a very large proportion of its course , should re - assume the name of the Thames . From its source it flows on in a rivulet cha- racter ...
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... period , the seat of a school or college , for the cultivation of the Latin tongue . It is , however , evident from the accounts of those anti- quarian writers , whose character and learning justify a full reliance on their information ...
... period , the seat of a school or college , for the cultivation of the Latin tongue . It is , however , evident from the accounts of those anti- quarian writers , whose character and learning justify a full reliance on their information ...
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... period so remote as to render their antiquarian researches not only incredible but ridiculous . It will be sufficient for us , without attempting to trace its earlier history , to state in the year 886 it was the residence of Alfred and ...
... period so remote as to render their antiquarian researches not only incredible but ridiculous . It will be sufficient for us , without attempting to trace its earlier history , to state in the year 886 it was the residence of Alfred and ...
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... period that he produced the set of etchings , which are highly estimated by the collectors in that branch of art , and which the late Lord Orford mentions in his works as a very beautiful specimen of it . The French fancy , however ...
... period that he produced the set of etchings , which are highly estimated by the collectors in that branch of art , and which the late Lord Orford mentions in his works as a very beautiful specimen of it . The French fancy , however ...
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... period when the Druids reigned there , as well as in Britain . - It was accompanied with an inscription , that enhanced the offering by the unaffected language of respect and vene- ration . Cet ancien Temple des Druides , deouvert le 12 ...
... period when the Druids reigned there , as well as in Britain . - It was accompanied with an inscription , that enhanced the offering by the unaffected language of respect and vene- ration . Cet ancien Temple des Druides , deouvert le 12 ...
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