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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... various wave of surface to a glade , which steals away beneath the spread- ing branches of trees towards the meadows . Elms of the most luxuriant foliage , and feathering down to the turf be- neath them , form , in the bottom , an ...
... various wave of surface to a glade , which steals away beneath the spread- ing branches of trees towards the meadows . Elms of the most luxuriant foliage , and feathering down to the turf be- neath them , form , in the bottom , an ...
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... various and natural divisions , that they altogether compose a con- summate picture of sylvan beauty . nature . The walk now assumes a more regular form , and after giving a peep in a sequestered part of the park , ascends into a thick ...
... various and natural divisions , that they altogether compose a con- summate picture of sylvan beauty . nature . The walk now assumes a more regular form , and after giving a peep in a sequestered part of the park , ascends into a thick ...
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... various , every where consistent , and no where licentious . Object succeeds to object , naturally and pleasingly , or , which is the same thing , there are seen dif- ferent views of the same object . The several beauties ap- pear in ...
... various , every where consistent , and no where licentious . Object succeeds to object , naturally and pleasingly , or , which is the same thing , there are seen dif- ferent views of the same object . The several beauties ap- pear in ...
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... various shapes and unequal dimensions ; and its trees are of a growth and figure , which at once harmonize with and diversify the scenery of the place . Every therm has its motto or its poesy , and every building its inscription , all ...
... various shapes and unequal dimensions ; and its trees are of a growth and figure , which at once harmonize with and diversify the scenery of the place . Every therm has its motto or its poesy , and every building its inscription , all ...
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... various successive grants , & c . this manor and estate were finally conveyed , in the year 1671 , to John Breadon , Esq . whose descendant is the present possessor of them . the This view comprehends the upper part of Basilden Park , a ...
... various successive grants , & c . this manor and estate were finally conveyed , in the year 1671 , to John Breadon , Esq . whose descendant is the present possessor of them . the This view comprehends the upper part of Basilden Park , a ...
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