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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INTRODUCTION . the redundant swells and rich scenery of Nuneham , it approaches Abingdon . 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 ...
INTRODUCTION . the redundant swells and rich scenery of Nuneham , it approaches Abingdon . 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 ...
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The interval is composed of rich , woody lowlands , where the village and the spire vary the scene ; and through which , though the water is not visible , the early course of the Thames is marked by the meandering range of willows on ...
The interval is composed of rich , woody lowlands , where the village and the spire vary the scene ; and through which , though the water is not visible , the early course of the Thames is marked by the meandering range of willows on ...
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... of the Court of Wards , called the rich Audley . From him it passed to Robert Wright , Bishop of Litchfield , whose son , Calvert Wright , sold it to John Robinson , Merchant of London , in the time of Oliver Cromwell , who was ...
... of the Court of Wards , called the rich Audley . From him it passed to Robert Wright , Bishop of Litchfield , whose son , Calvert Wright , sold it to John Robinson , Merchant of London , in the time of Oliver Cromwell , who was ...
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... returning over the rich intermediate level , is relieved from its luxuriant sameness by the airy spire of Abingdon . Such are the two distinct pictures which are divided by the central group of elms , in the front of which they are ...
... returning over the rich intermediate level , is relieved from its luxuriant sameness by the airy spire of Abingdon . Such are the two distinct pictures which are divided by the central group of elms , in the front of which they are ...
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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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