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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... erection , and funds for a suitable establishment . It is a large circular stone building , crowned with a dome ... erected a magnificent Astronomical Observatory : it is an elegant struc- ture , after an appropriate design by Wyatt ...
... erection , and funds for a suitable establishment . It is a large circular stone building , crowned with a dome ... erected a magnificent Astronomical Observatory : it is an elegant struc- ture , after an appropriate design by Wyatt ...
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... erected merely as an ornament to the garden . It stands on a brow of exu- berant verdure , which takes a circular sweep to the right ; is occupied by a grove of elms , and projects on the descent to the left . In its front the ground ...
... erected merely as an ornament to the garden . It stands on a brow of exu- berant verdure , which takes a circular sweep to the right ; is occupied by a grove of elms , and projects on the descent to the left . In its front the ground ...
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... erected to the memory of the late William Whitehead , Poet Laureat . It stands on a pedestal , encircled by the laurel , the bay tree , and the rose ; and enriched by an ele- giac inscription , from the Muse of Mason . In the back ...
... erected to the memory of the late William Whitehead , Poet Laureat . It stands on a pedestal , encircled by the laurel , the bay tree , and the rose ; and enriched by an ele- giac inscription , from the Muse of Mason . In the back ...
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... erected for a Conduit at Oxford , by Otho Nicholson , in the year of our Lord 1590 , and taken down , in the year 1787 , to enlarge the High Street , was pre- sented , by the University , to George Simon , Earl Harcourt , who caused it ...
... erected for a Conduit at Oxford , by Otho Nicholson , in the year of our Lord 1590 , and taken down , in the year 1787 , to enlarge the High Street , was pre- sented , by the University , to George Simon , Earl Harcourt , who caused it ...
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... erected by the late Sir Francis Sykes , after a design of that eminent architect , Mr. Carr , of York . It is a large regular edifice of Portland stone , with correspon- dent wings , and a central loggio in the principal front . The ...
... erected by the late Sir Francis Sykes , after a design of that eminent architect , Mr. Carr , of York . It is a large regular edifice of Portland stone , with correspon- dent wings , and a central loggio in the principal front . The ...
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