The Beauties of England and Wales, Or, Delineations, Topographical, Historical, and Descriptive, of Each County: Bedfordshire ; Berkshire ; BuckinghamshireT. Maiden, 1801 - Architecture |
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... grounds in a bold and abrupt manner . Beneath these hills is an extensive tract of hard , steril land , ap- pearing cold , dreary , and uncomfortable . Some very rich dairy ground , terminated on the north by sandy hills , extends in a ...
... grounds in a bold and abrupt manner . Beneath these hills is an extensive tract of hard , steril land , ap- pearing cold , dreary , and uncomfortable . Some very rich dairy ground , terminated on the north by sandy hills , extends in a ...
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... ground by inches , made himself mas- B3- ter * This boisterous man , it has been observed , had , " something terrible in him beyond the rest of his age . He was both bully for the King and against him . ” Yet , notwithstanding his ...
... ground by inches , made himself mas- B3- ter * This boisterous man , it has been observed , had , " something terrible in him beyond the rest of his age . He was both bully for the King and against him . ” Yet , notwithstanding his ...
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... ground lies a sneering friar - preacher , whilst his busy and inqui- sitive hand is searching under her petticoats ; a very improper and scandalous decoration for so sacred a place . " However improper , or however scandalous , these ...
... ground lies a sneering friar - preacher , whilst his busy and inqui- sitive hand is searching under her petticoats ; a very improper and scandalous decoration for so sacred a place . " However improper , or however scandalous , these ...
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... ground round about has been much broken by digging : in one place there appears to have been a well . Contiguous to this is another camp , of the figure of a parallelogram , the shortest sides running across the ridge , the others ...
... ground round about has been much broken by digging : in one place there appears to have been a well . Contiguous to this is another camp , of the figure of a parallelogram , the shortest sides running across the ridge , the others ...
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... , from the top of the stone work to the basement , which is seven feet four inches from the ground on the lowest side , and consists of five rows of steps rising from the earth . The five 36 BEDFORDSHIRE . LEIGHTON BEAUDESERT, ...
... , from the top of the stone work to the basement , which is seven feet four inches from the ground on the lowest side , and consists of five rows of steps rising from the earth . The five 36 BEDFORDSHIRE . LEIGHTON BEAUDESERT, ...
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