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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... whole assuming the form of a Grecian temple . This superb piece of architecture , though attached to , has no communication with , the church , the principal entrance being on the opposite side , and was erected merely as an ornament to ...
... whole assuming the form of a Grecian temple . This superb piece of architecture , though attached to , has no communication with , the church , the principal entrance being on the opposite side , and was erected merely as an ornament to ...
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... whole . Old Carfax , on a bold prominence , at the extent of it , aids the awful character of the place , and appears to surpass in age the venerable trees that shade it . This curious building 44 bears the record of its own history ...
... whole . Old Carfax , on a bold prominence , at the extent of it , aids the awful character of the place , and appears to surpass in age the venerable trees that shade it . This curious building 44 bears the record of its own history ...
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... highly embellished grounds above them . The whole is a place of the first order : nature gave the out- line , and taste has completed the picture . The buildings NUNEHAM COURTENAY . are but few , but they aid NUNEHAM COURTENAY .
... highly embellished grounds above them . The whole is a place of the first order : nature gave the out- line , and taste has completed the picture . The buildings NUNEHAM COURTENAY . are but few , but they aid NUNEHAM COURTENAY .
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... whole of the space , within this circuitous path , is filled with flowers of every name that will flourish in our climate , and with a selection of those trees which are most admired for their elegance and beauty . The whole is entirely ...
... whole of the space , within this circuitous path , is filled with flowers of every name that will flourish in our climate , and with a selection of those trees which are most admired for their elegance and beauty . The whole is entirely ...
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... whole was refined by an exquisite taste . No man ever felt an higher sense of honour , no man ever acted from stronger impressions of moral duty , both as it regards the common offices of social life , or as it is enlarged and purified ...
... whole was refined by an exquisite taste . No man ever felt an higher sense of honour , no man ever acted from stronger impressions of moral duty , both as it regards the common offices of social life , or as it is enlarged and purified ...
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