The Topographer: Containing a Variety of Original Articles, Illustrative of the Local History and Antiquities of England, Volume 2Sir Egerton Brydges Robson and Clarke, 1790 - Great Britain |
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... Repton , Anchor Church , and the lofty ruins of Tutbury . As defcriptive of the wild and beauteous courfe of the river Trent , Shakespear himself in Henry IV , writes thus : Hotspur . ) Methinks , my moiety , north from Burton here , In ...
... Repton , Anchor Church , and the lofty ruins of Tutbury . As defcriptive of the wild and beauteous courfe of the river Trent , Shakespear himself in Henry IV , writes thus : Hotspur . ) Methinks , my moiety , north from Burton here , In ...
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... after Smith , 1754 . Tutbury Castle . See Topog . Vol . I. p . 24 . + Repton , which will be defcribed and engraved in the next or fucceed- ing Number . IDYL . III . IDY L. III . Return , lov'd bark , for 40 Three Idyls , & c .
... after Smith , 1754 . Tutbury Castle . See Topog . Vol . I. p . 24 . + Repton , which will be defcribed and engraved in the next or fucceed- ing Number . IDYL . III . IDY L. III . Return , lov'd bark , for 40 Three Idyls , & c .
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... Repton , Derbyshire , from the MSS . of our very obliging Correfpondent A. IV . are received . But we are forry to defer the history of that parish , with engravings , a month longer , owing to the difficulty of obtaining all the other ...
... Repton , Derbyshire , from the MSS . of our very obliging Correfpondent A. IV . are received . But we are forry to defer the history of that parish , with engravings , a month longer , owing to the difficulty of obtaining all the other ...
Page 126
... Repton , in Derbyshire . And are likewife much obliged to his Friend , who is employed in writing us a Hiftory of Ashburne , in the fame County . He may depend upon our own intended account waiting bis convenience . TOPOGRAPHER ...
... Repton , in Derbyshire . And are likewife much obliged to his Friend , who is employed in writing us a Hiftory of Ashburne , in the fame County . He may depend upon our own intended account waiting bis convenience . TOPOGRAPHER ...
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... Repton , and its sweet spire , to thofe valt heights that frown amidst the Peak . Here the road divides the two counties of Leicester and Derby , and we pafs by the Butt- Houle , the property and refidence of John Simmonds , Efq . This ...
... Repton , and its sweet spire , to thofe valt heights that frown amidst the Peak . Here the road divides the two counties of Leicester and Derby , and we pafs by the Butt- Houle , the property and refidence of John Simmonds , Efq . This ...
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