Bradshaw's illustrated hand-book for travellers in Belgium, on the Rhine, and through portions of Rhenish Prussia, Volume 311853 |
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Page xxii
... appearance of one continuous village . The S. and E. provinces have an opposite çharacter , being generally more thinly populated , less cultivated , and exhibiting a most irregular mountainous surface , with tracts of marshy lands and ...
... appearance of one continuous village . The S. and E. provinces have an opposite çharacter , being generally more thinly populated , less cultivated , and exhibiting a most irregular mountainous surface , with tracts of marshy lands and ...
Page xxiv
... manners . On the borders of Holland the people are generally similar to the Dutch , and adopt their customs , amusements , and dress . But in the southern districts they differ little from the French , in appearance xxiv . INTRODUCTION .
... manners . On the borders of Holland the people are generally similar to the Dutch , and adopt their customs , amusements , and dress . But in the southern districts they differ little from the French , in appearance xxiv . INTRODUCTION .
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George Bradshaw. districts they differ little from the French , in appearance , habits , manners , costume , or language . In some parts there is an admixture of Spanish blood , dating from the 16th century . The Belgians have always ...
George Bradshaw. districts they differ little from the French , in appearance , habits , manners , costume , or language . In some parts there is an admixture of Spanish blood , dating from the 16th century . The Belgians have always ...
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... appearance , but noted for its manu- factures of table linen . Mouscron ( Station ) , in Belgium , 11 miles from Lille . The town is seen on an eminence to the right , with its beautiful church built of bricks . Its chief importance ...
... appearance , but noted for its manu- factures of table linen . Mouscron ( Station ) , in Belgium , 11 miles from Lille . The town is seen on an eminence to the right , with its beautiful church built of bricks . Its chief importance ...
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... appearance of a modern city than Bruges . Most of the houses , as in Holland , are furnished with espions , or little reflectors , placed outside the windows , and show- ing all the passers in the street . Its objects of attraction may ...
... appearance of a modern city than Bruges . Most of the houses , as in Holland , are furnished with espions , or little reflectors , placed outside the windows , and show- ing all the passers in the street . Its objects of attraction may ...
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Abbey altar ancient Antwerp architecture Baden Baths beautiful Belgian Belgium BRADSHAW'S Bruges Brussels building built called canal castle Cathedral celebrated centre century chapel Charleroi Château choir Church of St CLASS HOTEL Coblenz Cologne comfort contains Counts of Flanders Courtray crosses Dinant Duke Dutch Emperor English erected established excellent excursion feet high first-class Flanders formerly France French Garden German Ghent Gothic GRAND HOTEL hill Holland inhabitants left bank Liége magnificent Mannheim Mayence Meuse miles moderate charges monument Moselle mountains Museum Namur opposite ornamented Ostend paintings Palace passes Pension picture picturesque population Prince Promenade Proprietor Prussia rail Railway Station remarkable Rhine right bank river road Roman Rooms Rotterdam Route Royal Rubens ruins Saloons Scheldt side situated Spires splendid spot statue Steamers Strassburg streets style Table d'Hôte tion tower town traveller Trèves valley village West Flanders wine
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Page 42 - There have been tears and breaking hearts for thee, And mine were nothing, had I such to give ; But when I stood beneath the fresh green tree, Which living waves where thou didst cease to live, And saw around me the wide field revive With fruits and fertile promise, and the Spring Come forth her work of gladness to contrive, With all her reckless birds upon the wing, I turned from all she brought to those she could not bring.
Page i - Shilling per yard and upwards, all marked in plain figures, and at the same price as if purchased at the Warehouse, in Regent Street. Reasonable Estimates are also given for Household Mourning, at a great saving to large or small Families. Funerals at Stated Charges conducted in London or Country.
Page xxvi - 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 36 - And Ardennes waves above them her green leaves, Dewy with nature's tear-drops as they pass, Grieving, if aught inanimate e'er grieves, Over the unreturning brave, - alas! 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 81 - 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 i - Mourning, are always kept made up ; and a note, descriptive of the relation of the parties to the deceased, will ensure at any time the proper supply of Mourning being forwarded, both as to quality and distinction, according to the exigencies of the case ; it being needful only to send dresses for patterns, when every requisite will be carefully prepared and chosen to render the appointments complete, JAY'S LONDON GENERAL MOURNING WAREHOUSE, Nos.
Page xxvi - The gallery of that city is considered as containing one of the greatest collections of pictures in the world ; but if the works of Rubens were taken from it, I will venture to assert, that this great repository would be reduced to at least half its value. To extend his glory still...