Bradshaw's illustrated hand-book for travellers in Belgium, on the Rhine, and through portions of Rhenish Prussia, Volume 261853 |
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Page xviii
... distance , 15 sous . A berlin or landau will take three or four horses ; a chariot , three ; britzka , though carrying the same number of persons , two . HIRED CARRIAGES . - BARRIERS . - ROADS . HIRED CARRIAGES . - A voiture , with two ...
... distance , 15 sous . A berlin or landau will take three or four horses ; a chariot , three ; britzka , though carrying the same number of persons , two . HIRED CARRIAGES . - BARRIERS . - ROADS . HIRED CARRIAGES . - A voiture , with two ...
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... distance from here the province of Brabant , we enter at Hombeck the province of Antwerp . Passing the ruins of the famous valley of Seliendael , we arrive at MECHLIN ( Station ) -French , Malines ; Ger- man , Mechlen ; Flemish ...
... distance from here the province of Brabant , we enter at Hombeck the province of Antwerp . Passing the ruins of the famous valley of Seliendael , we arrive at MECHLIN ( Station ) -French , Malines ; Ger- man , Mechlen ; Flemish ...
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... Distance , 84 English miles . The direct rail to Tournay is via Blandain on the frontier . Roubaix , Tourcoing , and Mouscron Sta- tions , described in previous route , are first passed . At the latter place travellers for Tournay ...
... Distance , 84 English miles . The direct rail to Tournay is via Blandain on the frontier . Roubaix , Tourcoing , and Mouscron Sta- tions , described in previous route , are first passed . At the latter place travellers for Tournay ...
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... distance from Ath , on the direct line to Brussels , via Hal ( see below ) , is Enghien ( Station ) . A town containing about 4,000 inhabitants . The beautiful park and gardens surrounding the chateau of the Duke D'Aremberg , destroyed ...
... distance from Ath , on the direct line to Brussels , via Hal ( see below ) , is Enghien ( Station ) . A town containing about 4,000 inhabitants . The beautiful park and gardens surrounding the chateau of the Duke D'Aremberg , destroyed ...
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... distance from port to port is 63 English miles , and the voyage is made in 4 to 5 hours . Express trains run in connection to Germany , Basle , the St. Gothard , & c . Fifteen miles south , the light of Dunkirk is seen , before the ...
... distance from port to port is 63 English miles , and the voyage is made in 4 to 5 hours . Express trains run in connection to Germany , Basle , the St. Gothard , & c . Fifteen miles south , the light of Dunkirk is seen , before 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.