Bradshaw's illustrated hand-book for travellers in Belgium, on the Rhine, and through portions of Rhenish Prussia, Volume 331853 |
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... marks the centre of the battle- field . The public buildings and monuments of Courtrai are not numerous . We will describe shortly the principal . The Hotel de Ville ( 1526 ) possesses two chim- neys , one placed in the police court or ...
... marks the centre of the battle- field . The public buildings and monuments of Courtrai are not numerous . We will describe shortly the principal . The Hotel de Ville ( 1526 ) possesses two chim- neys , one placed in the police court or ...
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... mark the sanguinary and disgraceful work , was called Evil Monday in the annals of the town . On that spot , and on that day forty years after , Philip , the son of that Jacques , was saluted Protector of Ghent , and received the oath ...
... mark the sanguinary and disgraceful work , was called Evil Monday in the annals of the town . On that spot , and on that day forty years after , Philip , the son of that Jacques , was saluted Protector of Ghent , and received the oath ...
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... mark the point where the various Belgic lines of railway diverge to Brussels , Ghent , Antwerp , Liége . A line to Terneuzen ( p . 25 ) was opened 1871 . Population ( 1886 ) , 48,460 . Hotels : Buda ; de la Coupe ; Beffer ; Cheval d'Or ...
... mark the point where the various Belgic lines of railway diverge to Brussels , Ghent , Antwerp , Liége . A line to Terneuzen ( p . 25 ) was opened 1871 . Population ( 1886 ) , 48,460 . Hotels : Buda ; de la Coupe ; Beffer ; Cheval d'Or ...
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... mark . The old walls are now converted into promenades . Of late years very considerable additions have been made to the town , and it now possesses all the attractions of the best continental sea - side resorts . There is a handsome ...
... mark . The old walls are now converted into promenades . Of late years very considerable additions have been made to the town , and it now possesses all the attractions of the best continental sea - side resorts . There is a handsome ...
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... mark of his gratitude for the kindness with which he was treated when a patient there . The principal objects are , the Châsse of St. Ursula , the Virgin and Child , the Marriage of St. Catherine , the Decapitation of St. John the ...
... mark of his gratitude for the kindness with which he was treated when a patient there . The principal objects are , the Châsse of St. Ursula , the Virgin and Child , the Marriage of St. Catherine , the Decapitation of St. John the ...
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Abbey Aix-la-Chapelle altar ancient Antwerp architecture Baths beautiful Belgian Belgium Bradshaw's bridge Bruges Brussels building built canal castle Cathedral celebrated centre century chapel Charleroi Château choir Church of St CLASS HOTEL Coblenz Cologne contains Counts of Flanders crosses Dinant Duke Duke of Brabant Dutch Emperor English erected established excursion feet high Flanders Flemish formerly France French garden German Ghent Gothic GRAND HOTEL handsome hill Holland inhabitants King left bank Liége Louvain magnificent manufactures marble Mayence Meuse miles modern Mons monument Moselle Museum Namur Omnibus opposite ornamented Ostend paintings Palace passes picturesque population Prince principal Promenade Proprietor Prussian rail Railway Station remarkable Rhine right bank river road Roman Rooms Route Royal Rubens ruins Saloons Sambre Scheldt side situated splendid statue Steamers Strassburg style Table d'Hôte tion tower Town Hall traveller Trèves valley village West Flanders wine
Popular passages
Page 30 - 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 71 - 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. There was a day when they were young and proud, Banners on high, and battles pass'd below; But they who fought are in a bloody shroud, And those which waved are shredless dust ere now, And the bleak battlements shall bear no future blow.
Page 67 - 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 xxvi - ... 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 142 - Town, at two minutes' walk from the Station, and close to the House of Parliament. It is surrounded by a beautiful garden, with a large terrace, and commands a full view of the Alps.
Page 142 - Ac.; it is most elegantly furnished. Saloons and large apartments for families. Baths in the Hotel. Carriages. Private dinners and suppers at any hour. Prompt attendance and moderate prices.
Page 71 - ... miles of uninterrupted navigation, from Basle to the sea, and enables the inhabitants of its banks to exchange the rich and various products of its shores; whose cities, famous for commerce, science, and works of strength, which furnish protection to Germany, are also famous as the seats of Roman colonies, and of ecclesiastical councils, and are associated with many of the most important events recorded in the history of mankind...
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 xxviii - Belgium is the first State in Europe in which a general system of railways has been planned and executed by the government, at the public cost ; and, certainly, it is an honorable distinction to have given the first example of such a national and systematic provision of the means of rapid communication.
Page 30 - And they whom human succor could not save, Here, in its precincts, found a hasty grave. And here, on marble tablets, set on high, In English lines by foreign workmen traced, The names familiar to an English eye, Their brethren here the fit memorial placed; Whose unadorned inscriptions briefly tell THEIR GALLANT COMRADES...