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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... gardens , which has been so much admired by the landscape gardener . Its character is grandeur , but the grandeur is twofold ; beneath clouds it is solemn , and in sunshine it is splendid . The walk now reskirts the glade , repasses the ...
... gardens , which has been so much admired by the landscape gardener . Its character is grandeur , but the grandeur is twofold ; beneath clouds it is solemn , and in sunshine it is splendid . The walk now reskirts the glade , repasses the ...
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... garden , and , rounding the left corner of it , just touch on the extremity of an expanding lawn , that falls towards the river , to enter a rich and beautiful planta- tion , which thickens along the upper part of it . Here the ...
... garden , and , rounding the left corner of it , just touch on the extremity of an expanding lawn , that falls towards the river , to enter a rich and beautiful planta- tion , which thickens along the upper part of it . Here the ...
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... garden , which is unrivalled , may be consi- dered as an episode in the great work , and demands distinct notice . It has no visible connection with the general range of pleasure ground , and is entered by a Doric gateway , on whose ...
... garden , which is unrivalled , may be consi- dered as an episode in the great work , and demands distinct notice . It has no visible connection with the general range of pleasure ground , and is entered by a Doric gateway , on whose ...
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... garden . In this description it may , indeed , appear , that the arti- ficial objects are too numerous for the small limits of the spot which they adorn ; but they are so managed as to be seen only in unexpected succession , or in such ...
... garden . In this description it may , indeed , appear , that the arti- ficial objects are too numerous for the small limits of the spot which they adorn ; but they are so managed as to be seen only in unexpected succession , or in such ...
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... garden at Nuneham , which they respectively preferred , the urn and the tablet com- memorate and record their ... gardener is distinguished by the flowers which are cultivated around it . These may be said to be little things , but they ...
... garden at Nuneham , which they respectively preferred , the urn and the tablet com- memorate and record their ... gardener is distinguished by the flowers which are cultivated around it . These may be said to be little things , but they ...
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