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 river now assumes a more polished , and , as it has long possessed , a classical character . Twickenham with its gardens and its meads , and Ham , scarce seen in its leafy bowers , adorn the banks of the river , till it flows ...
The river now assumes a more polished , and , as it has long possessed , a classical character . Twickenham with its gardens and its meads , and Ham , scarce seen in its leafy bowers , adorn the banks of the river , till it flows ...
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To the north - west , the high country about Tetbury is the distant object , and to the north is seen the tower of Cirencester , with the Oakley woods , backed by the extending sweep of the Cotswold hills . The interval is composed of ...
To the north - west , the high country about Tetbury is the distant object , and to the north is seen the tower of Cirencester , with the Oakley woods , backed by the extending sweep of the Cotswold hills . The interval is composed of ...
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... spire is seen in the picture . A round tower as a dwelling- and wharf - house has been erected as a deposit for coals brought by the canal , in case the navigation should at any time or by any cause receive a temporary obstruction .
... spire is seen in the picture . A round tower as a dwelling- and wharf - house has been erected as a deposit for coals brought by the canal , in case the navigation should at any time or by any cause receive a temporary obstruction .
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All these various objects , with their accessory circumstances , are seen in delightful succession and to the best advantage , in the course of a riding that leads from one charming scene to another , along the boundary of the park .
All these various objects , with their accessory circumstances , are seen in delightful succession and to the best advantage , in the course of a riding that leads from one charming scene to another , along the boundary of the park .
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NUNEHAM COURTENAY . superb object : the high part of Blenheim park is seen be yond it ; and the eye , returning over the dark mass of the distant woods , in Berkshire , and the fertile intervening country , completes its view of the ...
NUNEHAM COURTENAY . superb object : the high part of Blenheim park is seen be yond it ; and the eye , returning over the dark mass of the distant woods , in Berkshire , and the fertile intervening country , completes its view of the ...
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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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