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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... effect , as well as appropriate accommodation , can scarce be ex- ceeded . The rooms below contain the collection of pic- tures bequeathed to the College by General Guise , among which are some very fine works of the first masters . In ...
... effect , as well as appropriate accommodation , can scarce be ex- ceeded . The rooms below contain the collection of pic- tures bequeathed to the College by General Guise , among which are some very fine works of the first masters . In ...
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... effect is , in a great measure , produced by three groupes of large elms , which , in different forms , present themselves at a short distance in the front , and are connected by side screens of trees , with the wings of the building ...
... effect is , in a great measure , produced by three groupes of large elms , which , in different forms , present themselves at a short distance in the front , and are connected by side screens of trees , with the wings of the building ...
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... effect , these circumstances may claim an ample share of it ; because , on passing through this entrance to the apartments of the back front , the blaze of prospect , which there bursts upon the view , is greatly heightened by the ...
... effect , these circumstances may claim an ample share of it ; because , on passing through this entrance to the apartments of the back front , the blaze of prospect , which there bursts upon the view , is greatly heightened by the ...
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... 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 arise from the form , growth , and colour of trees , connected by ...
... 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 arise from the form , growth , and colour of trees , connected by ...
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... effect is equally pleasing ; but the shell - room , whether above or below the earth , has long been disowned by an improved and purer taste , which , disdaining works merely artificial , professes alone to copy or improve nature . The ...
... effect is equally pleasing ; but the shell - room , whether above or below the earth , has long been disowned by an improved and purer taste , which , disdaining works merely artificial , professes alone to copy or improve nature . The ...
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