Bradshaw's illustrated hand-book for travellers in Belgium, on the Rhine, and through portions of Rhenish Prussia, Volume 261853 |
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... Hill at 7 36 mrn . ( 1 & 2 class ) and 8 56 aft . ( 1st class ) ; and by the South Eastern Line , from Charing Cross ... hills on one side and by morasses on the other , which , though detracting from its beauty , yet add much to its ...
... Hill at 7 36 mrn . ( 1 & 2 class ) and 8 56 aft . ( 1st class ) ; and by the South Eastern Line , from Charing Cross ... hills on one side and by morasses on the other , which , though detracting from its beauty , yet add much to its ...
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... hills . The south - western bank , or beach , is elevated above high - water mark at half tide , and on this bank the town is built . About 60,000 pas- sengers pass yearly to and from England ; and 3 to 4 million rabbits are exported in ...
... hills . The south - western bank , or beach , is elevated above high - water mark at half tide , and on this bank the town is built . About 60,000 pas- sengers pass yearly to and from England ; and 3 to 4 million rabbits are exported in ...
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... hills to the north and south ; the former is protected by a strong redoubt , built by the late French government , and called Fort Napo- leon . It forms a favourite promenade . Ostend is a healthy watering - place , and is much ...
... hills to the north and south ; the former is protected by a strong redoubt , built by the late French government , and called Fort Napo- leon . It forms a favourite promenade . Ostend is a healthy watering - place , and is much ...
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... hill . The Grand Canal between Bruges and Ghent is bounded by high banks , and lined with tall trees , entwined by pretty villas and sweet gardens . Ghent to Brussels.- ( See Route 10 ) . ROUTE 4 . London to Antwerp by the Scheldt ...
... hill . The Grand Canal between Bruges and Ghent is bounded by high banks , and lined with tall trees , entwined by pretty villas and sweet gardens . Ghent to Brussels.- ( See Route 10 ) . ROUTE 4 . London to Antwerp by the Scheldt ...
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... Hill rising proudly behind the town , will next attract our notice . Tilbuvy Fort , with its gate or blockhouse of the time of Henry VIII . , lies across the river ; and the widening expanse of water , enlivened by the constant transit ...
... Hill rising proudly behind the town , will next attract our notice . Tilbuvy Fort , with its gate or blockhouse of the time of Henry VIII . , lies across the river ; and the widening expanse of water , enlivened by the constant transit ...
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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.