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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The small remains of Medmenham , the ancient figure of Bisham Abbey , HarleyfordHouse and its woody uplands , are succeeded by the town of Marlow , whence through various scenes of sylvan attraction , Hedsor and Cliefden appear in the ...
The small remains of Medmenham , the ancient figure of Bisham Abbey , HarleyfordHouse and its woody uplands , are succeeded by the town of Marlow , whence through various scenes of sylvan attraction , Hedsor and Cliefden appear in the ...
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Though it remains a proof of her skill , and the great expense which must have accompanied the progress of her favourite occupation , as many specimens of the finest shells were employed in its construction , it is no longer seen in ...
Though it remains a proof of her skill , and the great expense which must have accompanied the progress of her favourite occupation , as many specimens of the finest shells were employed in its construction , it is no longer seen in ...
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It is , indeed , formed with so much skill , and such a blended attention to picturesque shape and utility , that we are almost deluded from lamenting how many of the huge stones which compose it , were brought from the violated remains ...
It is , indeed , formed with so much skill , and such a blended attention to picturesque shape and utility , that we are almost deluded from lamenting how many of the huge stones which compose it , were brought from the violated remains ...
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... and ingenious disquisitions among several of our antiquaries , without being able to come to any final decision as to the age or object of those singular and wonderful remains of the early art , and the remote antiquity of Britain .
... and ingenious disquisitions among several of our antiquaries , without being able to come to any final decision as to the age or object of those singular and wonderful remains of the early art , and the remote antiquity of Britain .
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This bridge was finished in the year 1787 ; but the architect , Mr. Hayward of Shropshire , died before the work was begun ; and his remains are interred in Henley church , where a monument is erected to his memory .
This bridge was finished in the year 1787 ; but the architect , Mr. Hayward of Shropshire , died before the work was begun ; and his remains are interred in Henley church , where a monument is erected to his memory .
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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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