The Thames: Or Graphic Illustrations of Seats, Villas, Public Buildings, and Picturesque Scenery, on the Banks of that Noble RiverVernor, Hood and Sharpe, 1811 - Thames River (England) |
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... built on a regular and uniform plan ; house answering to house , and garden to garden , on either side of the road ; and though regularity is generally thought to , and certainly does , destroy picturesque effect , nevertheless , the ...
... built on a regular and uniform plan ; house answering to house , and garden to garden , on either side of the road ; and though regularity is generally thought to , and certainly does , destroy picturesque effect , nevertheless , the ...
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... built a spacious abbey here about the year 675 , when the place assumed the name of Abandun , or the Abbey's Town . This religious house , however , was soon after destroyed by the Danes ; but by the liberality of King Edgar and the ...
... built a spacious abbey here about the year 675 , when the place assumed the name of Abandun , or the Abbey's Town . This religious house , however , was soon after destroyed by the Danes ; but by the liberality of King Edgar and the ...
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... of architectural simplicity , was built on the spot , for the Field Marshal's chemical professor ; and which a royal professor of taste and sentiment might be happy to enjoy . 48 On an appropriate eminence , beyond the northern part of.
... of architectural simplicity , was built on the spot , for the Field Marshal's chemical professor ; and which a royal professor of taste and sentiment might be happy to enjoy . 48 On an appropriate eminence , beyond the northern part of.
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... built of stone , consisting of five arches , and is an object of uncommon simplicity and elegance . This beautiful struc- ture is enriched with sculpture from the chisel of Mrs. Damer . The masks of the Tame and the Isis , which ...
... built of stone , consisting of five arches , and is an object of uncommon simplicity and elegance . This beautiful struc- ture is enriched with sculpture from the chisel of Mrs. Damer . The masks of the Tame and the Isis , which ...
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... built in the precise form and arrangement of a Chinese habitation . It had its bells , its dragons , and spiral turrets , with all the gawdy colourings of that species of oriental architecture . These decorations it no longer possesses ...
... built in the precise form and arrangement of a Chinese habitation . It had its bells , its dragons , and spiral turrets , with all the gawdy colourings of that species of oriental architecture . These decorations it no longer possesses ...
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