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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... prospect ; but the extreme line of it , inclining gradually to the water , lets in the blue hills of Berkshire ... prospects are here in more determined contrast ; the variety is increased , and the Thames is seen in all the meandering ...
... prospect ; but the extreme line of it , inclining gradually to the water , lets in the blue hills of Berkshire ... prospects are here in more determined contrast ; the variety is increased , and the Thames is seen in all the meandering ...
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... prospect . The terrace , disdaining the regularity annexed to its name , takes the natural form of the ground over which it passes , as well as the direction of the garden boundary ; and keeping always above the slopes and declivities ...
... prospect . The terrace , disdaining the regularity annexed to its name , takes the natural form of the ground over which it passes , as well as the direction of the garden boundary ; and keeping always above the slopes and declivities ...
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... The walk now reskirts the glade , repasses the Portico , and gradually descends towards the house , and to a review of those extensive prospects which aggrandise its superior situation . We now proceed from the house , as a central.
... The walk now reskirts the glade , repasses the Portico , and gradually descends towards the house , and to a review of those extensive prospects which aggrandise its superior situation . We now proceed from the house , as a central.
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... prospect , however at- tractive in itself , was liable to satiate the eye , and , being a continuation of the expansive view which is seen from the principal apartments of the house , lost the charm of variety . This plantation ...
... prospect , however at- tractive in itself , was liable to satiate the eye , and , being a continuation of the expansive view which is seen from the principal apartments of the house , lost the charm of variety . This plantation ...
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... prospect is broken by a fore - ground of scattered trees , hanging down the lawn . To the left the ground falls abruptly into a glen in the park , but imme- diately rises into an irregular extensive brow , covered with oaks ; which are ...
... prospect is broken by a fore - ground of scattered trees , hanging down the lawn . To the left the ground falls abruptly into a glen in the park , but imme- diately rises into an irregular extensive brow , covered with oaks ; which are ...
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