Bradshaw's illustrated hand-book for travellers in Belgium, on the Rhine, and through portions of Rhenish Prussia, Volume 331853 |
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... 68 WATERLOO : - 68 Monuments at ............ .............................................................................. 66 68 Plan of 42 66 Ypres , Les Halles 34 66 68 66 church is situated are to be seen the remains of.
... 68 WATERLOO : - 68 Monuments at ............ .............................................................................. 66 68 Plan of 42 66 Ypres , Les Halles 34 66 68 66 church is situated are to be seen the remains of.
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... REMAINS . - These have been found at Engis , near Huy , and at Biche aux Riches , near Spy . Bone implements with carvings and several skulls of various types . PRODUCTS . - Of 74 million acres , one - half is arable , one - fifth ...
... REMAINS . - These have been found at Engis , near Huy , and at Biche aux Riches , near Spy . Bone implements with carvings and several skulls of various types . PRODUCTS . - Of 74 million acres , one - half is arable , one - fifth ...
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... remains of the once famous Abbey of St. Bertin , formerly the noblest Gothic 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 ...
... remains of the once famous Abbey of St. Bertin , formerly the noblest Gothic 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 ...
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... remains unfinished . The effect occasioned by the reflection of the moon on this tower , which gives it the appearance of being on fire , was the origin of the proverb of the wise men of Mechlin , who try to extinguish the moon ; the ...
... remains unfinished . The effect occasioned by the reflection of the moon on this tower , which gives it the appearance of being on fire , was the origin of the proverb of the wise men of Mechlin , who try to extinguish the moon ; the ...
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... remains were deposited there in 1621 , inves- ted with a friar's habit , and of the Infanta Isabella , who was buried there in 1633 , in the costume of a nun of the order of St. Clare . Several other mem- bers of the same illustrious ...
... remains were deposited there in 1621 , inves- ted with a friar's habit , and of the Infanta Isabella , who was buried there in 1633 , in the costume of a nun of the order of St. Clare . Several other mem- bers of the same illustrious ...
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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...