Bradshaw's illustrated hand-book for travellers in Belgium, on the Rhine, and through portions of Rhenish Prussia, Volume 261853 |
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... ....................................................... WATERLOO : - в 6 Monuments at ............. ........................................................................... Plan of 66 42 34 Bouillon et pain avec ...
... ....................................................... WATERLOO : - в 6 Monuments at ............. ........................................................................... Plan of 66 42 34 Bouillon et pain avec ...
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... monument , " i.e. , His Majesty Louis XVIII . disembarked beside this column on the 24th April , 1814 , and was at last restored to the love of the French people , & c . The town of Calais erected this column to commemorate the event ...
... monument , " i.e. , His Majesty Louis XVIII . disembarked beside this column on the 24th April , 1814 , and was at last restored to the love of the French people , & c . The town of Calais erected this column to commemorate the event ...
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George Bradshaw. leaving the pillar to stand as a monument of the capriciousness of French enthusiasm . Calais has very little to interest ; and though one or two incidents in its ... monument of the 2 [ Route 1 . BRADSHAW'S HAND - BOOK.
George Bradshaw. leaving the pillar to stand as a monument of the capriciousness of French enthusiasm . Calais has very little to interest ; and though one or two incidents in its ... monument of the 2 [ Route 1 . BRADSHAW'S HAND - BOOK.
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... monuments and buildings are few and unimportant . The Citadel is looked upon as a master specimen of the skill of Vauban , who held the position of governor for many years . The Hotel de Ville is an erection of the 13th century , built ...
... monuments and buildings are few and unimportant . The Citadel is looked upon as a master specimen of the skill of Vauban , who held the position of governor for many years . The Hotel de Ville is an erection of the 13th century , built ...
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George Bradshaw. leaving the pillar to stand as a monument of the capriciousness of French enthusiasm . Calais has very little to interest ; and though one or two incidents in its history are fraught with deep interest , particularly the ...
George Bradshaw. leaving the pillar to stand as a monument of the capriciousness of French enthusiasm . Calais has very little to interest ; and though one or two incidents in its history are fraught with deep interest , particularly 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.