Bradshaw's illustrated hand-book for travellers in Belgium, on the Rhine, and through portions of Rhenish Prussia, Volume 301853 |
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... buildings and institutions , though we have not burdened our readers with the genealogical histories of their founders , proprietors , and architects , yet we have not confined ourselves to giving a mere catalogue of them , but we have ...
... buildings and institutions , though we have not burdened our readers with the genealogical histories of their founders , proprietors , and architects , yet we have not confined ourselves to giving a mere catalogue of them , but we have ...
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... building trades are carried on there with great vigour . Several mills have been established , steam - engines have also been introduced in increased numbers , and factories have been erected within the inner rampart . It is stated that ...
... building trades are carried on there with great vigour . Several mills have been established , steam - engines have also been introduced in increased numbers , and factories have been erected within the inner rampart . It is stated that ...
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... building where was established the Guildhall of the mayor and aldermen of the " staple of wool , " founded in 1363 ... buildings well worthy of notice- the Cathedral , and Abbey Church of St. Bertin . The magnificent Cathedral , situated ...
... building where was established the Guildhall of the mayor and aldermen of the " staple of wool , " founded in 1363 ... buildings well worthy of notice- the Cathedral , and Abbey Church of St. Bertin . The magnificent Cathedral , situated ...
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... building in French Flanders . The only fragment now remaining is a stately tower , noble even in its ruins , the mutilated panelling of its walls bespeaking the chaste and superior ele- gance of its florid Gothic style of ornament ...
... building in French Flanders . The only fragment now remaining is a stately tower , noble even in its ruins , the mutilated panelling of its walls bespeaking the chaste and superior ele- gance of its florid Gothic style of ornament ...
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... building of the 15th century , in which is the library , containing 50,000 vols . A rather curious spectacle greets the traveller's eye here in the early part of each July , when a procession takes place called Géant Gayant ; a large ...
... building of the 15th century , in which is the library , containing 50,000 vols . A rather curious spectacle greets the traveller's eye here in the early part of each July , when a procession takes place called Géant Gayant ; a large ...
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Abbey altar ancient Antwerp architecture Baden Baths beautiful Belgium BRADSHAW'S branch bridge Bruges Brussels building built canal castle Cathedral celebrated centre century chapel Charleroi Château choir Church of St CLASS HOTEL Coblenz Cologne comfort contains Counts of Flanders crosses Dinant Duke Dutch East Flanders Emperor English erected established excellent excursion Families feet high formerly France French Garden German Ghent Gothic GRAND HOTEL Hall handsome hill Holland inhabitants left bank Liége magnificent Mannheim Mayence Meuse miles moderate charges monument Moselle mountains Museum Namur Omnibus opposite Ostend paintings Palace passes Pension picturesque population Prince Promenade Proprietor Prussia rail Railway Station remarkable residence Rhine right bank river road rock Roman Rooms Route Royal Rubens ruins Saloons Scheldt side situated Spires splendid statue Steamers Strassburg streets style Table d'Hôte Theatre tion tower town traveller Trèves valley village visitors wine
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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.