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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... elegant stone edifice , consisting of a principal floor , between a base- ment and attic story , and connected with ... elegance , and magnificence . Its principal apartments are of grand proportions , and fitted up both as to furniture ...
... elegant stone edifice , consisting of a principal floor , between a base- ment and attic story , and connected with ... elegance , and magnificence . Its principal apartments are of grand proportions , and fitted up both as to furniture ...
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... elegant form of a temple of that Order . A grove of fine elms ascends to the west end of the church , and the walk wind- ing round it reaches the principal portico of that beautiful structure . It consists of six large Ionic columns ...
... elegant form of a temple of that Order . A grove of fine elms ascends to the west end of the church , and the walk wind- ing round it reaches the principal portico of that beautiful structure . It consists of six large Ionic columns ...
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... elegant evergreens ; and before the shrubbery , on either side , is a border gay with a profusion of flowers . This pro- gressive scene of fragrant seclusion is suddenly enlivened by an opening into the park , where an expansive rising ...
... elegant evergreens ; and before the shrubbery , on either side , is a border gay with a profusion of flowers . This pro- gressive scene of fragrant seclusion is suddenly enlivened by an opening into the park , where an expansive rising ...
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... elegance : while its sober charms are elevated by the grand expanse of prospect before it , the solemn , sylvan beauty of the grove beside it , and the venerable form of Carfax , on a projecting swell above it . This grove is beyond the ...
... elegance : while its sober charms are elevated by the grand expanse of prospect before it , the solemn , sylvan beauty of the grove beside it , and the venerable form of Carfax , on a projecting swell above it . This grove is beyond the ...
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... elegant grandeur . Its predominant feature is variety of surface . It contains that pleasing arrangement of pleasing parts which constitutes beauty , with a splendid inlet of country , and a bold display of its own scenes , which may be ...
... elegant grandeur . Its predominant feature is variety of surface . It contains that pleasing arrangement of pleasing parts which constitutes beauty , with a splendid inlet of country , and a bold display of its own scenes , which may be ...
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