Bradshaw's illustrated hand-book for travellers in Belgium, on the Rhine, and through portions of Rhenish Prussia, Volume 221853 |
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Page xxii
... object of great importance to check their constant tendency to advance inland . For the purpose , therefore , of rendering the sand compact and stationary , the dunes are sown with a species of reed ( arundo arenaria ) , or marrum grass ...
... object of great importance to check their constant tendency to advance inland . For the purpose , therefore , of rendering the sand compact and stationary , the dunes are sown with a species of reed ( arundo arenaria ) , or marrum grass ...
Page xxv
... object of interest in a Belgium tour . The traveller of taste will appreciate them as equalling , if not surpassing , in their excellence , the productions of their European contemporaries . So far back as 1358 , a guild of painters was ...
... object of interest in a Belgium tour . The traveller of taste will appreciate them as equalling , if not surpassing , in their excellence , the productions of their European contemporaries . So far back as 1358 , a guild of painters was ...
Page xxvii
... object of immense industry , and a quantity of foreign wool , to the value of 14,000,000 francs , or about £ 600,000 sterling , is consumed annually . Hardware , cutlery , and fire - arms are produced at Namur , Mons , and Liége ; lace ...
... object of immense industry , and a quantity of foreign wool , to the value of 14,000,000 francs , or about £ 600,000 sterling , is consumed annually . Hardware , cutlery , and fire - arms are produced at Namur , Mons , and Liége ; lace ...
Page xxviii
... object proposed was to unite the principal commercial towns on one side with the sea , and on the other with the frontier of France and Prussia . In this respect Belgium is most favourably situated for the experiment of a general system ...
... object proposed was to unite the principal commercial towns on one side with the sea , and on the other with the frontier of France and Prussia . In this respect Belgium is most favourably situated for the experiment of a general system ...
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... objects of attraction are few , and may be visited in about two hours . Its principal gate , built in 1635 by Cardinal Richelieu , and figured by Hogarth in his celebrated picture , is worth a short inspection . The Hôtel de Guise will ...
... objects of attraction are few , and may be visited in about two hours . Its principal gate , built in 1635 by Cardinal Richelieu , and figured by Hogarth in his celebrated picture , is worth a short inspection . The Hôtel de Guise will ...
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Abbey altar ancient Antwerp arrive Baden Baths beautiful Belgian Belgium Bingen bridge Bruges Brussels building built called canal castle Cathedral celebrated centre century chapel Charleroi château choir Church of St Coblenz Cologne comfort contains crosses distance Duke Dutch East Flanders edifice Emperor English spoken erected establishment excellent excursion families feet first-class Hotel formerly France French garden German Ghent Gothic GRAND HOTEL hill Holland inhabitants left bank Liége Louvain Luxembourg magnificent Mannheim Mayence Meuse miles moderate charges monument Moselle mountains Namur Neckar opposite ornamented Ostend OTEL paintings Palace passes picturesque population Prince Promenade Proprietor Prussia Quiévrain rail Railway Station remarkable residence Rhine right bank river road rock Roman Rooms Rotterdam Route Rubens ruins Sambre scenery Scheldt seen side situated Spires splendid spot steamer style Table d'Hôte Theatre tion Tournay tower town traveller Trèves valley village wine
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Page 41 - DIARRHŒA, and is the only specific in CHOLERA and DYSENTERY. CHLORODYNE effectually cuts short all attacks of EPILEPSY, HYSTERIA, PALPITATION, and SPASMS. CHLORODYNE is the only palliative in NEURALGIA, RHEUMATISM, GOUT, CANCER, TOOTHACHE, MENINGITIS, &c.
Page 41 - ADVICE TO INVALIDS.— If you wish to obtain quiet, refreshing sleep, free from headache, relief from pain and anguish, to calm and assuage the weary achings of protracted disease, invigorate the nervous...
Page 41 - CHLORODYNE is the best remedy known for Coughs, Consumption, Bronchitis, Asthma. CHLORODYNE effectually checks and arrests those too often fatal diseases known as Diphtheria, Fever, Croup, Ague.
Page 15 - Salons de reunion ;" an English chapel ; and one of the most beautiful Gardens in the country. The Hotel is very agreeably situated for the two seasons. During the winter the Hall and landings are warmed.
Page 39 - 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 41 - CAUTION.— BEWARE OF PIRACY AND IMITATIONS. CAUTION.— Vice-Chancellor Sir W. PAGE WOOD stated that Dr. J. COLLIS BROWNE wa« undoubtedly the Inventor of CHLORODYNE; that the story of the Defendant, FKKEKAN, was deliberately untrue, which, he regretted to say, had been sworn to. — See Times, July IS, 1864. Sold in Bottles at Is. Ijrf., 2s. 9d., 4s. 6rf. None is genuine without the words "Dr. J. COLLIS BROWNE'S CHLORODYNE
Page 84 - ... that can render an earthly object magnificent and charming in the same degree as the Rhine. As it flows down from the distant ridges of the Alps, through fertile regions into the open sea, so...
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 41 - Was it a soothing or a mournful thought, Amid this scene of slaughter as we stood, Where armies had with recent fury fought, To mark how gentle Nature still pursued Her quiet course, as if she took no care For what her noblest work had suffer'd there.
Page 19 - When I may read of tilts in days of old, And tourneys graced by Chieftains of renown, Fair dames, grave citizens, and warriors bold, If fancy would portray some stately town, Which for such pomp fit theatre should be, Fair Bruges, I shall then remember thee.