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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... 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 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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... erected the present house , and was indulging his fine taste in decorating its environs , when he was called to his long home . Tu secanda marmora Locas sub ipsum funus , et sepuleri Immemor , struis domos . Hor . You , with fortune's ...
... erected the present house , and was indulging his fine taste in decorating its environs , when he was called to his long home . Tu secanda marmora Locas sub ipsum funus , et sepuleri Immemor , struis domos . Hor . You , with fortune's ...
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