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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... charm of variety . This plantation , therefore , creates a new effect , by producing that temporary concealment , which gives fresh spirit , as it were , to the re - appearance of the pros- pect . It is full of those varieties which ...
... charm of variety . This plantation , therefore , creates a new effect , by producing that temporary concealment , which gives fresh spirit , as it were , to the re - appearance of the pros- pect . It is full of those varieties which ...
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... was entrusted to the direction of Mr. Repton , the first landscape gardener of his own , and perhaps any other day . -When , therefore , we add to intrinsic beauties the charm 51 PURLEY . of the river which flows before it , PURLEY. ...
... was entrusted to the direction of Mr. Repton , the first landscape gardener of his own , and perhaps any other day . -When , therefore , we add to intrinsic beauties the charm 51 PURLEY . of the river which flows before it , PURLEY. ...
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... charm , provincial position , interior accommodation , and domestic convenience , has few rivals anywhere , and certainly may be classed among the first ornaments of the river which washes and reflects it . Park Place was originally the ...
... charm , provincial position , interior accommodation , and domestic convenience , has few rivals anywhere , and certainly may be classed among the first ornaments of the river which washes and reflects it . Park Place was originally the ...
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... charming in itself , and admirably suited , in all its accessory parts , both in lawn , cover , and building , to its purpose ; and peopled , as might be supposed , from the mind that formed it , with those birds , both foreign and ...
... charming in itself , and admirably suited , in all its accessory parts , both in lawn , cover , and building , to its purpose ; and peopled , as might be supposed , from the mind that formed it , with those birds , both foreign and ...
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... charm , though it were far distant from the Thames , and without any aid from artificial embellishment . The arch through which , on a nearer approach , the river and its casual accompaniments , its mechanical animation is seen , forms ...
... charm , though it were far distant from the Thames , and without any aid from artificial embellishment . The arch through which , on a nearer approach , the river and its casual accompaniments , its mechanical animation is seen , forms ...
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