A New Pocket Companion for Oxford: Or, Guide Through the University. Containing an Accurate Description of the Public Edifices, the Buildings in Each of the Colleges; the Gardens, ... To which are Added, Descriptions of ... Blenheim, Ditchley, Heythrop, Nuneham and Stow, ... A New Edition, Corrected, Much Enlarged, and Adorned with a Plan of the University and City, and Six Other PlatesJ. Cooke, 1798 - 152 pages |
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... length from eaft to welt , and almoft as much in breadth from north to fouth , being three miles in circumference ... length of the Town , but under dif- ferent names ; the High - Street , beginning at Mag- dalen Bridge , includes at ...
... length from eaft to welt , and almoft as much in breadth from north to fouth , being three miles in circumference ... length of the Town , but under dif- ferent names ; the High - Street , beginning at Mag- dalen Bridge , includes at ...
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... length . On the fame fide is the TOWN HALL , where the Town and County Seffions , and the Affizes , are held ; which was re- built at the expenfe of THOMAS ROWNEY , Efq . late representative in Parliament , and High Steward of the City ...
... length . On the fame fide is the TOWN HALL , where the Town and County Seffions , and the Affizes , are held ; which was re- built at the expenfe of THOMAS ROWNEY , Efq . late representative in Parliament , and High Steward of the City ...
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... length ; in the middle of it is a gate , with a magni- ficent tower . Three fides of the upper ftory of the Quadrangle are one entire room , called the PICTURE GALLERY , near the middle of which is a Statue in Brafs of PHILIP Earl of ...
... length ; in the middle of it is a gate , with a magni- ficent tower . Three fides of the upper ftory of the Quadrangle are one entire room , called the PICTURE GALLERY , near the middle of which is a Statue in Brafs of PHILIP Earl of ...
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... length and breadth , which fupporteth a great reddifh Drapery , fup- posed to have covered the roof , but now furled up by the Genii round about the house , towards the wall which discovereth the open air , and maketh way for the ...
... length and breadth , which fupporteth a great reddifh Drapery , fup- posed to have covered the roof , but now furled up by the Genii round about the house , towards the wall which discovereth the open air , and maketh way for the ...
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... length ; and confifts of two lofty Stories . Towards the Street is a magni- ficent Portico of the Doric Order ; the Height of the Columns being , equal to the two Stories . This is anfwered on the oppofite Side , next the Schools , by à ...
... length ; and confifts of two lofty Stories . Towards the Street is a magni- ficent Portico of the Doric Order ; the Height of the Columns being , equal to the two Stories . This is anfwered on the oppofite Side , next the Schools , by à ...
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