A hand-book for travellers on the continent. [1st] [2 issues of the 16th and 17th eds. The 18th ed. is in 2 pt. Pt.1 only of the 19th ed.]. |
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... FRENCH , GERMAN AND ITALIAN . 18mo . 38. Gd . HANDBOOK FOR BELGIUM AND THE RHINE . Maps . Post 8vo . 5r . HANDBOOK FOR NORTH GERMANY . - HOLLAND , BELGIUM , PRUSSIA , AND THE RHINE TO SWITZERLAND , Maps . Post 8vo . 9s . HANDBOOK FOR ...
... FRENCH , GERMAN AND ITALIAN . 18mo . 38. Gd . HANDBOOK FOR BELGIUM AND THE RHINE . Maps . Post 8vo . 5r . HANDBOOK FOR NORTH GERMANY . - HOLLAND , BELGIUM , PRUSSIA , AND THE RHINE TO SWITZERLAND , Maps . Post 8vo . 9s . HANDBOOK FOR ...
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... with many will be more than an equivalent for the payment . * Such pocket - books are made by Lee , 440 , West Strand , and kept in readiness by him . French and Belgian Passport . French passports are issued immediately PASSPORTS . xix.
... with many will be more than an equivalent for the payment . * Such pocket - books are made by Lee , 440 , West Strand , and kept in readiness by him . French and Belgian Passport . French passports are issued immediately PASSPORTS . xix.
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John Murray (Firm), John Murray (publishers.) French and Belgian Passport . French passports are issued immediately , for the sum of 6s . , at the General Consulate office only , No. 47 , King William Street , London Bridge , the French ...
John Murray (Firm), John Murray (publishers.) French and Belgian Passport . French passports are issued immediately , for the sum of 6s . , at the General Consulate office only , No. 47 , King William Street , London Bridge , the French ...
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... French coin , is the part of a franc , or of 10d . The cent is nearly equal to 2 centimes , and is worth about of a penny English . The guilder is worth 2 French francs 5 sous , and is the same as the German florin ( 24 to the mark of ...
... French coin , is the part of a franc , or of 10d . The cent is nearly equal to 2 centimes , and is worth about of a penny English . The guilder is worth 2 French francs 5 sous , and is the same as the German florin ( 24 to the mark of ...
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... French tyranny . She has made the same sacrifice with equal success at various other periods of her history ; and even in 1830-32 everything was prepared to inundate the country , in the event of an inroad of the French army into ...
... French tyranny . She has made the same sacrifice with equal success at various other periods of her history ; and even in 1830-32 everything was prepared to inundate the country , in the event of an inroad of the French army into ...
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Page 162 - 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...
Page ix - TRAVEL, in the younger sort, is a part of education, in the elder, a part of experience. He that travelleth into a country before he hath some entrance into the language, goeth to school, and not to travel.
Page 262 - 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 thou with me ! 2.
Page ix - The things to be seen and observed are, the courts of princes, especially when they give audience to ambassadors; the courts of justice, while they sit and hear causes ; and so of consistories ecclesiastic...
Page 284 - Another came running presently, And he was pale as pale could be : ' Fly ! my lord bishop, fly,' quoth he ; ' Ten thousand rats are coming this way ; The Lord forgive you for yesterday ! ' ' I'll go to my tower on the Rhine...
Page 262 - Through life to dwell delighted here; Nor could on earth a spot be found To nature and to me so dear, Could thy dear eyes in following mine Still sweeten more these banks of Rhine!
Page 8 - This indigested vomit of the sea Fell to the Dutch by just propriety. Glad then, as miners who have found the ore, They, with mad labour...
Page 269 - Brief, brave, and glorious was his young career, — His mourners were two hosts, his friends and foes ; And fitly may the stranger lingering here Pray for his gallant spirit's bright repose ; For he was Freedom's champion, one of those, The few in number, who had not o'erstept 550 The charter to chastise which she bestows On such as wield her weapons ; he had kept The whiteness of his soul, and thus men o'er him wept.
Page 255 - Tis with the thankful glance of parting praise : More mighty spots may rise — more glaring shine, But none unite in one attaching maze The brilliant, fair, and soft ; — the glories of old days, LXI.
Page 254 - 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.