Bradshaw's illustrated hand-book for travellers in Belgium, on the Rhine, and through portions of Rhenish Prussia, Volume 301853 |
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Page xxvii
... halls of Belgium , which display the finest specimens of the ornamental Gothic style of the middle ages . In England , Gothic architecture is confined chiefly to churches , but in Belgium it is shewn to be equally suitable to civic ...
... halls of Belgium , which display the finest specimens of the ornamental Gothic style of the middle ages . In England , Gothic architecture is confined chiefly to churches , but in Belgium it is shewn to be equally suitable to civic ...
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... Hall , situate in the market place , will repay a visit . Within it are all the public offices , and the front of it is ornamented with busts of St. Pierre , of the Duke of Guise , and of Cardinal de Richelieu . It is surmounted by a ...
... Hall , situate in the market place , will repay a visit . Within it are all the public offices , and the front of it is ornamented with busts of St. Pierre , of the Duke of Guise , and of Cardinal de Richelieu . It is surmounted by a ...
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... Hall , the Gaol , the Botanical Gardens , the Triumphal Arch , erected in 1782 , in honour of Louis XIV . , and the Column raised in memory of the siege sustained by the city in 1792 . Railway to Douai and Paris ; to Valenciennes , Mons ...
... Hall , the Gaol , the Botanical Gardens , the Triumphal Arch , erected in 1782 , in honour of Louis XIV . , and the Column raised in memory of the siege sustained by the city in 1792 . Railway to Douai and Paris ; to Valenciennes , Mons ...
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... hall , the other in the council room ; the sculpture of which is of exquisite delicacy and highly finished , and with the fine belfry worthy of attention . Church of Saint Martin : this church was founded about the year 650 by Saint ...
... hall , the other in the council room ; the sculpture of which is of exquisite delicacy and highly finished , and with the fine belfry worthy of attention . Church of Saint Martin : this church was founded about the year 650 by Saint ...
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... Hall is a handsome Gothic building ; the fountain and basin opposite are worthy of attention . The portal of the collegiate church of the burgomaster and aldermen is a masterpiece of wood carving , executed in 1530 by Paul Vander ...
... Hall is a handsome Gothic building ; the fountain and basin opposite are worthy of attention . The portal of the collegiate church of the burgomaster and aldermen is a masterpiece of wood carving , executed in 1530 by Paul Vander ...
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Page 83 - The castled crag of Drachenfels " \ Frowns o'er the wide and winding Rhine, Whose breast of waters broadly swells Between the banks which bear the vine, And hills all rich with blossom'd trees, And fields which promise corn and wine, And scatter'd cities crowning these, Whose far white walls along them shine, Have strew'da scene, which I should see With double joy wert tkou with me.
Page 32 - Ere evening, to be trodden like the grass Which now beneath them, but above shall grow In its next verdure, when this fiery mass Of living valour, rolling on the foe And burning with high hope, shall moulder cold and low.
Page 79 - And there they stand, as stands a lofty mind, Worn, but unstooping to the baser crowd, All tenantless, save to the crannying wind, Or holding dark communion with the cloud.
Page xxiv - Rubens stands in the esteem of the world is alone a sufficient reason for some examination of his pretensions. His fame is extended over a great part of the Continent, without a rival: and it may be justly said that he has enriched his...
Page 71 - As it flows down from the distant ridges of the Alps, through fertile regions into the open sea, so it comes down from remote antiquity, associated in every age with momentous events in the history of the neighbouring nations.
Page xxiv - ... left, but by what some would think a more solid advantage, — the wealth arising from the concourse of strangers whom his works continually invite to Antwerp.
Page 189 - Kursaal, and Casino, nearest to the sea. It is patronised by the nobility and gentry, and frequently has the honour of receiving princely yisitors.