The Thames: Or, Graphic Illustrations of Seats, Villas, Public Buildings and Picturesque Scenery on the Banks of that Noble River, Volume 1Vernor, Hood & Sharpe and W.B. Cooke, 1811 - England |
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... containing twelve hundred acres , is finely varied with wood and forest scenery . The home part is broke into waving lawns , enlivened by single trees , and occasional groupes of them of various size and figure . Thick woods form the ...
... containing twelve hundred acres , is finely varied with wood and forest scenery . The home part is broke into waving lawns , enlivened by single trees , and occasional groupes of them of various size and figure . Thick woods form the ...
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... contain more than forty acres , but its command of country is very comprehensive , and the inlets of park scenery give an artificial extent to its beauties . From the centre of the back front of the house , round the south side of the ...
... contain more than forty acres , but its command of country is very comprehensive , and the inlets of park scenery give an artificial extent to its beauties . From the centre of the back front of the house , round the south side of the ...
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... contains a large assemblage of the finest oaks , covering a deep , in- dented , and extensive brow , sinking into glens , or rising into knolls , in which every individual tree retains much of its own peculiar beauty , and transfers ...
... contains a large assemblage of the finest oaks , covering a deep , in- dented , and extensive brow , sinking into glens , or rising into knolls , in which every individual tree retains much of its own peculiar beauty , and transfers ...
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... containing a room , of appropriate character , and fitted up in that judicious style of accommodation , which all must admire ; but is peculiarly suited to the philosopher of the world . It is chearful but solitary , and is admirably ...
... containing a room , of appropriate character , and fitted up in that judicious style of accommodation , which all must admire ; but is peculiarly suited to the philosopher of the world . It is chearful but solitary , and is admirably ...
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... contains six perfect lodges or cells . The supposed entrance or passage faces the east , and is fifteen feet in length ; four feet and up- wards in breadth , and about four feet in height ; with a co- vering of rude stones , from ...
... contains six perfect lodges or cells . The supposed entrance or passage faces the east , and is fifteen feet in length ; four feet and up- wards in breadth , and about four feet in height ; with a co- vering of rude stones , from ...
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