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 stately towers of the former long continue to give splendour to the prospect , and they scarce cease to be visible when the river reaches Runnymede , where was obtained by our ancestors by threatened arms the charter of those ...
The stately towers of the former long continue to give splendour to the prospect , and they scarce cease to be visible when the river reaches Runnymede , where was obtained by our ancestors by threatened arms the charter of those ...
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... in his floating towers , Brings home to us , and makes both Indies ours ; Finds wealth where ' tis , bestows it where it wants ; Cities in deserts , woods in cities plants ; So that to us , nothing , no place is strange , While his ...
... in his floating towers , Brings home to us , and makes both Indies ours ; Finds wealth where ' tis , bestows it where it wants ; Cities in deserts , woods in cities plants ; So that to us , nothing , no place is strange , While his ...
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There are two churches , one of which has a large , lofty , and handsome tower , that serves as a landmark to the surrounding country . There is also two an- fe cient crosses still entire ; one of them is situated in the lower church ...
There are two churches , one of which has a large , lofty , and handsome tower , that serves as a landmark to the surrounding country . There is also two an- fe cient crosses still entire ; one of them is situated in the lower church ...
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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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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 . Thus is the Severn brought as it ...
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 . Thus is the Severn brought as it ...
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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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