Bradshaw's illustrated hand-book for travellers in Belgium, on the Rhine, and through portions of Rhenish Prussia, Volume 301853 |
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... miles west of Wiert . The general outline of the territory is a triangular figure , the longest side of which extends on the French frontier from a point midway between Furnes and Dunkirk , to one 9 miles south - east of Arlon , or 52 miles ...
... miles west of Wiert . The general outline of the territory is a triangular figure , the longest side of which extends on the French frontier from a point midway between Furnes and Dunkirk , to one 9 miles south - east of Arlon , or 52 miles ...
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... mile . There were 3,250 miles of TELEGRAPH line open in 1884 , with 772 Stations ; and there were 765 POST - OFFICES in 1880. Telegraph messages to England ( not the Continent ) are 5d . for 10 words ( exclusive of the address ) , and ...
... mile . There were 3,250 miles of TELEGRAPH line open in 1884 , with 772 Stations ; and there were 765 POST - OFFICES in 1880. Telegraph messages to England ( not the Continent ) are 5d . for 10 words ( exclusive of the address ) , and ...
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... mile around the walls , if necessary . Though the city is spacious and its wealth very great , yet its monuments and buildings are few and unimportant . The Citadel is looked upon ... miles around , as Route 1. ] 3 TO BELGIUM AND THE RHINE .
... mile around the walls , if necessary . Though the city is spacious and its wealth very great , yet its monuments and buildings are few and unimportant . The Citadel is looked upon ... miles around , as Route 1. ] 3 TO BELGIUM AND THE RHINE .
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George Bradshaw. On The suburbs of Lille for miles around , as well as the entire Department du Nord , will strike ... mile distant from the town ; there is a good Buffet here . Population , 26,100 . A place of considerable trade and ...
George Bradshaw. On The suburbs of Lille for miles around , as well as the entire Department du Nord , will strike ... mile distant from the town ; there is a good Buffet here . Population , 26,100 . A place of considerable trade and ...
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... miles from Lille . A town with 48,635 inhabitants , no way remarkable in its general appearance , but noted for its manu- factures of table linen . Mouscron ( Station ) , in Belgium , 11 miles from Lille . The town is seen on an ...
... miles from Lille . A town with 48,635 inhabitants , no way remarkable in its general appearance , but noted for its manu- factures of table linen . Mouscron ( Station ) , in Belgium , 11 miles from Lille . The town is seen on an ...
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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.