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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Here is also shewn a curious relic in the crosier of William of Wykeham , the founder of the College . It is of silver gilt , seven feet high , and very much enriched with Gothic ornaments . We now proceed to the College of Christ ...
Here is also shewn a curious relic in the crosier of William of Wykeham , the founder of the College . It is of silver gilt , seven feet high , and very much enriched with Gothic ornaments . We now proceed to the College of Christ ...
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The former is inclosed by a wall , and , being solely applied to the culture of flowers , is disposed in regular parterres , with a bason for gold and silver fish in the centre : four small statues , allusive to their situation ...
The former is inclosed by a wall , and , being solely applied to the culture of flowers , is disposed in regular parterres , with a bason for gold and silver fish in the centre : four small statues , allusive to their situation ...
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... unfolding its splendors to the sun , or the gold and silver pheasants , with their gorgeous and finely pencilled plumage , would appear to be the more associated denizens of this peaceful republic . At the entrance of an adjoining ...
... unfolding its splendors to the sun , or the gold and silver pheasants , with their gorgeous and finely pencilled plumage , would appear to be the more associated denizens of this peaceful republic . At the entrance of an adjoining ...
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... Here oaks , their mossy limbs wide - stretching , meet , And form impervious thickets at our feet : Through aromatic heaps of rip'ning hay , The silver Thames here wins her winding way ; While many a tower , and many a spire between ...
... Here oaks , their mossy limbs wide - stretching , meet , And form impervious thickets at our feet : Through aromatic heaps of rip'ning hay , The silver Thames here wins her winding way ; While many a tower , and many a spire between ...
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The silver Thames flows beneath it , and , by its serpentine course through the vale which its waters fertilize , heightens and completes the unrivalled scene . This castle originated in the preference which William the Conqueror gave ...
The silver Thames flows beneath it , and , by its serpentine course through the vale which its waters fertilize , heightens and completes the unrivalled scene . This castle originated in the preference which William the Conqueror gave ...
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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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