Picturesque Views on the River Thames, from Its Source in Glocestershire to the Nore;: With Observations on the Public Buildings and Other Works of Art in Its Vicinity. In Two Volumes, المجلد 1T. and J. Egerton, 1792 - 211 من الصفحات |
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... till we reach Castle Eaton , where there is a small bridge and water - mill , so pleasingly combined with other objects of rural and unaffected scenery , as VOL . I. D to to render them worthy the pencil of the first artist ( 25 )
... till we reach Castle Eaton , where there is a small bridge and water - mill , so pleasingly combined with other objects of rural and unaffected scenery , as VOL . I. D to to render them worthy the pencil of the first artist ( 25 )
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... greatly to the beauty of his fituation , by introducing into his park , at a confiderable expence , a small canal , from the body of the river , which . the the conftant attention of that gentleman has also confiderably improved ( 34 )
... greatly to the beauty of his fituation , by introducing into his park , at a confiderable expence , a small canal , from the body of the river , which . the the conftant attention of that gentleman has also confiderably improved ( 34 )
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... small grove seen at a confiderable diftance , from the different points , in the various windings of the river ; it derives its name from the neigh- bouring town of Farringdon , and rifes with an easy ascent from the vale of White Horse ...
... small grove seen at a confiderable diftance , from the different points , in the various windings of the river ; it derives its name from the neigh- bouring town of Farringdon , and rifes with an easy ascent from the vale of White Horse ...
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... small distance from Radcote Bridge runs the canal which leads to Abingdon . USEFUL to the commerce of the country , and laudable as the enterprize of forming navigable navigable canals all over the kingdom , must be acknowledged ( 42 ) ( ...
... small distance from Radcote Bridge runs the canal which leads to Abingdon . USEFUL to the commerce of the country , and laudable as the enterprize of forming navigable navigable canals all over the kingdom , must be acknowledged ( 42 ) ( ...
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... small distance from the bridge . their broad and spreading arms feem to point to the eye of observation and philosophy the happy spot where royalty once refided , and at at the fame time to indicate the fure and fatal ( 71 )
... small distance from the bridge . their broad and spreading arms feem to point to the eye of observation and philosophy the happy spot where royalty once refided , and at at the fame time to indicate the fure and fatal ( 71 )
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abbey Abbot Abingdon acroſs amidſt ancient annexed antiquity artiſt beautiful Berkſhire beſt Biſhop bridge canal caſtle cauſe church Cliefden College confiderable contiguous courſe Cricklade Culham defign diſtance Duke Earl eaſy elegant erected expence extenfive faid fame fatire feems felected fhire fince fingular finiſhed firſt fituation fome fource ftill fubject fuch fuperior glaſs Gothic happily Harcourt HENRY II Henry VIII hills himſelf horſe houſe interfected itſelf Kempsford King landſcape Lechlade likewife Long Wittenham manfion maſter miles moſt muſt myſelf navigation neighbouring noble Nuneham Courtenay nunnery obfervation objects Oxford paffing painted pictureſque pleaſing poffeffion preſent preſerved purpoſe Radcote Bridge raiſed reaſon refided reign of Henry rifing river river Thames ſcene ſcenery ſeem ſhe ſhould ſketch ſome ſpacious ſpot ſtands Stanton Harcourt ſtate ſtill ſtone ſtood ſtream ſtructure ſtyle taſte Thames Thames Head theſe thoſe thouſand town univerſity uſe village weft whofe whoſe
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الصفحة 202 - With tape-ty'd curtains never meant to draw, The George and Garter dangling from that bed Where tawdry yellow strove with dirty red, Great Villiers lies — alas ! how chang'd from him. That life of pleasure, and that soul of whim...
الصفحة 68 - He sang; of love, or knighthood, or the wiles Of homely life; through each estate and age, The fashions and the follies of the world With cunning hand portraying.
الصفحة 162 - Henry) ; on which the king laid on lustily, not disgracing one of that place, for whom he was mistaken. Well fare thy heart, quoth the abbot ; and here in a cup of sack, I remember the health of his grace your master. I would give an hundred pounds, on the condition I could feed so heartily on beef, as you do.
الصفحة 98 - The Merry Old Song of the All Soult' Mallard. " Griffin, bustard, turkey, capon, Let other hungry mortals gape on ; And on their bones their stomach fall hard, But let All Souls
الصفحة 113 - Some figures monstrous and mis-shap'd appear, Consider'd singly, or beheld too near, Which, but proportion'd to their light, or place, Due distance reconciles to form and grace. A prudent chief not always must display 175 His pow'rs, in equal ranks, and fair array, But with th' occasion and the place comply, Conceal his force, nay seem sometimes to fly.
الصفحة 198 - This is owing to you ; for you put it into my head by the question you put to me at Chalfont ; which before I had not thought of.
الصفحة xii - One clear, unchang'd, and univerfal light, Life, force, and beauty muft to all impart, At once the fource, and end, and teft of art. Art from that fund each juft fupply provides, Works without fhow, and without pomp prefides :. 75 In fome fair body thus th' informing foul With fpirits feeds, with vigour fills the whole, Each motion guides, and ev'ry nerve fuftains ; Itfelf unfeen, but in th
الصفحة 181 - Extinct Baronetage.") Would'st thou (Reader) draw to life The perfect copy of a wife, Read on, and then redeem from shame, That lost, that honourable name. This dust was once in spirit a Jael, Rebecca in grace, in heart an Abigail, In works a Dorcas, to the Church a Hannah, And to her spouse Susanna. Prudently simple, providently warie, To the world a Martha, and to Heaven a Marie. In " Wit Restored,
الصفحة 162 - Tower, kept close prisoner, fed for a short time with bread and water. Yet not so empty his body of food as his mind was filled with fears, creating many suspicions to himself, when and how he had incurred the king's displeasure. At last a...
الصفحة 206 - To-day, my lord of Amiens and myself Did steal behind him, as he lay along Under an oak, whose antique root peeps out Upon the brook that brawls along this wood...