Bradshaw's illustrated hand-book for travellers in Belgium, on the Rhine, and through portions of Rhenish Prussia, Volume 261853 |
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... Royal , Place d'Armes , in the centre of the town , and nearest to the railway station , a first - class hotel - highly recommended to English travellers . Hotel de la Poste , Place d'Armes . - This old established first - rate hotel is ...
... Royal , Place d'Armes , in the centre of the town , and nearest to the railway station , a first - class hotel - highly recommended to English travellers . Hotel de la Poste , Place d'Armes . - This old established first - rate hotel is ...
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... royal master to sell the town to the French King , influenced by the promised interest of that monarch to obtain his elevation to the papacy . The Public Library contains 20,000 volumes , and several curious manuscripts . The cabinet of ...
... royal master to sell the town to the French King , influenced by the promised interest of that monarch to obtain his elevation to the papacy . The Public Library contains 20,000 volumes , and several curious manuscripts . The cabinet of ...
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... Royal de Prusse , first - class hotel , facing the sea . Grand Hotel Marion ; large ; first - class ; cen- trally situated . Grand Hotel du Littoral ; first - class ; well situated . Hotel du Lion d'Or et Restaurant , Place d'Armes ...
... Royal de Prusse , first - class hotel , facing the sea . Grand Hotel Marion ; large ; first - class ; cen- trally situated . Grand Hotel du Littoral ; first - class ; well situated . Hotel du Lion d'Or et Restaurant , Place d'Armes ...
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... Royal Netherlands Steam Boats now run daily between the two ports in connection with the Chatham and Dover Railway . Vessels from the Thames by night are never out of sight of the lights . It is likely to become a leading port for the ...
... Royal Netherlands Steam Boats now run daily between the two ports in connection with the Chatham and Dover Railway . Vessels from the Thames by night are never out of sight of the lights . It is likely to become a leading port for the ...
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... Royal Exchange of London ; it was finally completed in 1584. It was 180 feet long by 140 feet wide . The handsome new Exchange is by Schadde . The form of the City of Antwerp resembles a strung bow , the string being represented by the ...
... Royal Exchange of London ; it was finally completed in 1584. It was 180 feet long by 140 feet wide . The handsome new Exchange is by Schadde . The form of the City of Antwerp resembles a strung bow , the string being represented by the ...
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Abbey altar ancient Antwerp Baden Baths beautiful Belgium BRADSHAW'S bridge Bruges Brussels building built called canal Carriages castle Cathedral celebrated centre century chapel Charlemagne Charleroi Château choir Church of St CLASS HOTEL Coblenz Cologne comfort commands contains Counts of Flanders crosses Duke Emperor English Church erected excellent excursion Families first-class formerly France French Garden German Ghent Gothic GRAND HOTEL hill Holland inhabitants left bank Liége London magnificent Mannheim Mayence Meuse miles moderate charges monument Moselle mountains Museum Namur opposite ornamented Ostend paintings Palace Paris passes Pension picturesque population Prince Promenade Proprietor Prussia rail Railway Station remarkable residence Rhine right bank river road rock Roman Rooms Route Royal Rubens ruins Saloons Scheldt side situated Spires splendid statue Steamers Strassburg streets style Table d'Hôte Theatre tion tower town traveller Trèves valley village visitors West Flanders wine
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Page 177 - CARL WEISS, Proprietor. THIS first-rate establishment, situated near the great Public Promenade, combines comfort with elegance, and has the advantage of possessing a spacious and beautiful garden. Two superior Table d'Hotes daily.
Page 142 - Above me are the Alps, The palaces of Nature, whose vast walls Have pinnacled in clouds their snowy scalps, And throned Eternity in icy halls Of cold sublimity, where forms and falls The avalanche — the thunderbolt of snow ! All that expands the spirit, yet appals, Gather around these summits, as to show How Earth may pierce to Heaven, yet leave vain man below.
Page 32 - 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!
Page 34 - 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.