Bradshaw's illustrated hand-book for travellers in Belgium, on the Rhine, and through portions of Rhenish Prussia, Volume 261853 |
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... centuries . Writers of all ages agree in describing them as the most restless , unruly , tumult - loving mortals in existence , always treating their best rulers the worst , while the bad over- awed them . In the history of no other ...
... centuries . Writers of all ages agree in describing them as the most restless , unruly , tumult - loving mortals in existence , always treating their best rulers the worst , while the bad over- awed them . In the history of no other ...
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... century , built by Jean Sans- Peur , inhabited by Charles V. , and was anciently the palace of the Dukes of Burgundy . The build- ing is in the early Gothic style , and has in one of its tourelles an exquisitely groined staircase and a ...
... century , built by Jean Sans- Peur , inhabited by Charles V. , and was anciently the palace of the Dukes of Burgundy . The build- ing is in the early Gothic style , and has in one of its tourelles an exquisitely groined staircase and a ...
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... century , built by Jean Sans- Peur , inhabited by Charles V. , and was anciently the palace of the Dukes of Burgundy . The build- ing is in the early Gothic style , and has in one of its tourelles an exquisitely groined staircase and a ...
... century , built by Jean Sans- Peur , inhabited by Charles V. , and was anciently the palace of the Dukes of Burgundy . The build- ing is in the early Gothic style , and has in one of its tourelles an exquisitely groined staircase and a ...
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... century , in which is the library , con- 30,000 vols . A rather curious spectacle greets the traveller's eye here in the early part of each July , when a procession takes place called Géant Gayant ; a large osier giant , 30 feet high ...
... century , in which is the library , con- 30,000 vols . A rather curious spectacle greets the traveller's eye here in the early part of each July , when a procession takes place called Géant Gayant ; a large osier giant , 30 feet high ...
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... century , representing the " Descent of the Holy Spirit upon the Apostles , " and on the two wings , " The Sleep of Adam in Paradise , " and " The Baptism of Christ . " There is another picture by Van Man- Route 1. ] 5 TO BELGIUM AND ...
... century , representing the " Descent of the Holy Spirit upon the Apostles , " and on the two wings , " The Sleep of Adam in Paradise , " and " The Baptism of Christ . " There is another picture by Van Man- Route 1. ] 5 TO BELGIUM AND ...
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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.