Bradshaw's illustrated hand-book for travellers in Belgium, on the Rhine, and through portions of Rhenish Prussia, Volume 1Bradshaw's Guide Office, 1853 - 159 pages |
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... important place in Europe , and enable a traveller to vary his route without inconvenience . No expense is incurred , and when cashed no charge is made for commission . They may be obtained at the Head Office of the London and ...
... important place in Europe , and enable a traveller to vary his route without inconvenience . No expense is incurred , and when cashed no charge is made for commission . They may be obtained at the Head Office of the London and ...
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... important position which it has occupied in the political , military , commercial , and agricultural history of Europe , its former cele- brity in manufactures and the fine arts , and its present rapid progress in every industrial ...
... important position which it has occupied in the political , military , commercial , and agricultural history of Europe , its former cele- brity in manufactures and the fine arts , and its present rapid progress in every industrial ...
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... 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 areni area ) , until a sufficient stratum of ...
... 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 areni area ) , until a sufficient stratum of ...
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... important items in the manufactures of Belgium . The cotton manufac- ture in Belgium represents a capital of 60,000,000 frs . in buildings and machinery , and the number of hands employed is at least 122,000 . A brisk trade is likewise ...
... important items in the manufactures of Belgium . The cotton manufac- ture in Belgium represents a capital of 60,000,000 frs . in buildings and machinery , and the number of hands employed is at least 122,000 . A brisk trade is likewise ...
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... importance than it now is on the completion of the railway bridge across the Rhine , at Cologne , which is projected ... important through route in Belgium , so far as the English traffic is concerned , is that which will be opened up by ...
... importance than it now is on the completion of the railway bridge across the Rhine , at Cologne , which is projected ... important through route in Belgium , so far as the English traffic is concerned , is that which will be opened up by ...
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Abbey adorned altar ancient Antwerp architecture arrive Baden beautiful Belgian Belgium Brabant bridge Bruges Brussels building built called canal castle Cathedral celebrated centre century chapel Charleroi château choir Church of St Coblenz Cologne contains Counts of Flanders Courtray crosses Dinant Duke Duke of Brabant edifice Emperor erected establishment feet Flanders formerly France French gardens German Ghent Gothic Grand hill Hotel Hôtel de Ville inhabitants interesting leaving left bank Liége London Louvain magnificent Malines manufacture marble Mayence ment Meuse Mons monument mountains Namur ornamented Ostend paintings palace passes passport picture picturesque Pied-noir population present Prince principal promenade remarkable residence Rhine right bank river road rock Roman Route 12 Rubens ruins Sambre scenery Scheldt seen side situated splendid spot Steamers streets style surmounted Table d'Hôte Theatre tion tomb Tournay tower town traveller trees Treves valley village West Flanders worth
Popular passages
Page xviii - 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 40 - 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 turn'd from all she brought to those she could not bring.
Page 34 - 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 16 - Yet everywhere its monuments remain : Temples which rear their stately heads on high, Canals that intersect the fertile plain — "Wide streets and squares, with many a court and hall, Spacious and undefaced — but ancient all.
Page xviii - ... 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. "To extend his glory still...