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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It runs for about a mile , widening very considerably from the accession of several other springs , till it comes opposite to the village already named , which rises prettily on its upland situation , crowned with its ...
It runs for about a mile , widening very considerably from the accession of several other springs , till it comes opposite to the village already named , which rises prettily on its upland situation , crowned with its ...
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... to which place , or to use the language of Grafton in his Chronicle , " to the soil where Oxford now standeth , the philosophers allured , by the pleasant situation of the place , removed , and there taught the liberal sciences .
... to which place , or to use the language of Grafton in his Chronicle , " to the soil where Oxford now standeth , the philosophers allured , by the pleasant situation of the place , removed , and there taught the liberal sciences .
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The two projecting sides of the building are united by a wall with a spacious central gateway , over which is the statue of Queen Caroline , under a dome supported by columns ; a noble ornament , but in a most tasteless situation .
The two projecting sides of the building are united by a wall with a spacious central gateway , over which is the statue of Queen Caroline , under a dome supported by columns ; a noble ornament , but in a most tasteless situation .
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It proceeds from the northern side of the house ; when the eye passing over a glade rich in verdure , penetrates a long arch of foliage up to the west end of the church , which appears on an elevated situation , and the entrance from ...
It proceeds from the northern side of the house ; when the eye passing over a glade rich in verdure , penetrates a long arch of foliage up to the west end of the church , which appears on an elevated situation , and the entrance from ...
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On re - entering what may be called the Portico glade , a scene displays itself , which , in its kind , has no equal that we have ever seen , and is very superior , as we think , to the situation of the Temple of Victory and Concord ...
On re - entering what may be called the Portico glade , a scene displays itself , which , in its kind , has no equal that we have ever seen , and is very superior , as we think , to the situation of the Temple of Victory and Concord ...
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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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