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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... seen through two sepa- rate branches of the glade ; but in that immediately before it , the ground assumes such pleasing shapes , the foliage of the trees forms such grateful outlines , which correspond so happily with the undulating ...
... seen through two sepa- rate branches of the glade ; but in that immediately before it , the ground assumes such pleasing shapes , the foliage of the trees forms such grateful outlines , which correspond so happily with the undulating ...
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... seen from the principal apartments of the house , lost the charm of variety . This plantation , therefore , creates a new effect , by producing that temporary concealment , which gives fresh spirit , as it were , to the re - appearance ...
... seen from the principal apartments of the house , lost the charm of variety . This plantation , therefore , creates a new effect , by producing that temporary concealment , which gives fresh spirit , as it were , to the re - appearance ...
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... seen dif- ferent views of the same object . The several beauties ap- pear in natural succession , and the succession is never lost in the divisions . The vast expanse of open country is fre- quently divided into separate pictures , but ...
... seen dif- ferent views of the same object . The several beauties ap- pear in natural succession , and the succession is never lost in the divisions . The vast expanse of open country is fre- quently divided into separate pictures , but ...
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... seen only in unexpected succession , or in such careless glimpses of them as to avoid the least appearance of osten- tation , while they enrich the composition of the scene . In a flower garden , where all is bloom and fragrance , and ...
... seen only in unexpected succession , or in such careless glimpses of them as to avoid the least appearance of osten- tation , while they enrich the composition of the scene . In a flower garden , where all is bloom and fragrance , and ...
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... beautiful poetry , by which it has been adopted . The high ground which is seen in the view to rise above the river is Whittenham Hill , on which are the vestiges of a Roman encampment . THE GROTTO HOUSE , NEAR BASILDEN PARK . THIS house.
... beautiful poetry , by which it has been adopted . The high ground which is seen in the view to rise above the river is Whittenham Hill , on which are the vestiges of a Roman encampment . THE GROTTO HOUSE , NEAR BASILDEN PARK . THIS house.
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