A Pocket Companion for Oxford: Or, Guide Through the University. Containing an Accurate Description of the Public Edifices, the Buildings in Each of the Colleges; ... To which are Added, Correct Descriptions of ... Blenheim, Ditchley, and Stow, ...Daniel Prince; John Rivington, and R. Baldwin, London, 1759 - 137 pages |
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... Tower . Some object to its not being ftait ; but others think that a Beauty : For every Turn of it prefents a new Object , and a different View ; each of which would make an agreeable Picture in Perfpective : Whereas , had it been ...
... Tower . Some object to its not being ftait ; but others think that a Beauty : For every Turn of it prefents a new Object , and a different View ; each of which would make an agreeable Picture in Perfpective : Whereas , had it been ...
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... upon in it . The Tower and Spire , which rifes from the Ground to the perpendicular Height of 180 Feet , is a very noble Structure , and contains a Ring of Six large Bells . 11 Bells . In Termi Time , one or other 6 POCKET COMPANION.
... upon in it . The Tower and Spire , which rifes from the Ground to the perpendicular Height of 180 Feet , is a very noble Structure , and contains a Ring of Six large Bells . 11 Bells . In Termi Time , one or other 6 POCKET COMPANION.
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... Tower , and fome broken Walls of immenfe Thickness . + Y ! Near the Caftle are the Ruins of the ancient Town - Hall , where , in 1577 , was held the Black Affize , when the Lieutenant of the County , eight Efquires and juftices , and ...
... Tower , and fome broken Walls of immenfe Thickness . + Y ! Near the Caftle are the Ruins of the ancient Town - Hall , where , in 1577 , was held the Black Affize , when the Lieutenant of the County , eight Efquires and juftices , and ...
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... Tower over it , in which is Sir Henry Saville's Li- brary ; and the highest Apartments of the Tower are used for Aftronomical Obfervations , and fome Experiments in Philofophy ; and from thence call- ed the Obfervatory . Three Sides of ...
... Tower over it , in which is Sir Henry Saville's Li- brary ; and the highest Apartments of the Tower are used for Aftronomical Obfervations , and fome Experiments in Philofophy ; and from thence call- ed the Obfervatory . Three Sides of ...
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... Tower , confifts of the Remains of the faid Hofpital . Near one Half of which , viz . from the West End run- ning towards the Bridge , was the Chapel thereof ' till fince the Restoration : But during the Civil Wars , and afterwards ...
... Tower , confifts of the Remains of the faid Hofpital . Near one Half of which , viz . from the West End run- ning towards the Bridge , was the Chapel thereof ' till fince the Restoration : But during the Civil Wars , and afterwards ...
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