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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This tunnel was excavated in a direct line of two miles and a quarter through a variety of strata , though consisting chiefly of rock , underneath the hill , and presents a very novel and striking effect to those whose curiosity ...
This tunnel was excavated in a direct line of two miles and a quarter through a variety of strata , though consisting chiefly of rock , underneath the hill , and presents a very novel and striking effect to those whose curiosity ...
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... and by an act of parliament , passed in the twenty - second year of his present Majesty , the right of election was extended to the freeholders of the hundred , in common with the voters of the borough itself .
... and by an act of parliament , passed in the twenty - second year of his present Majesty , the right of election was extended to the freeholders of the hundred , in common with the voters of the borough itself .
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... vast concourse of people , who came from every part of the adjacent country to croud the banks and hail its passage , as the commencement of a benefit , whose present advantages and remote effects they did not attempt to calculate .
... vast concourse of people , who came from every part of the adjacent country to croud the banks and hail its passage , as the commencement of a benefit , whose present advantages and remote effects they did not attempt to calculate .
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Radcot bridge presents an object , not only picturesque in its appearance , and curious from its antiquity , as it is one of the oldest structures of its kind on the river , but is interesting also , from historical relation .
Radcot bridge presents an object , not only picturesque in its appearance , and curious from its antiquity , as it is one of the oldest structures of its kind on the river , but is interesting also , from historical relation .
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The present house was built by the father of the late and the present earl , after a design of Ledbeater ; but has been since much altered and enlarged under the direction of Mr. 43 NUNEHAM COURTENAY, ...
The present house was built by the father of the late and the present earl , after a design of Ledbeater ; but has been since much altered and enlarged under the direction of Mr. 43 NUNEHAM COURTENAY, ...
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