Bradshaw's illustrated hand-book for travellers in Belgium, on the Rhine, and through portions of Rhenish Prussia, Volume 261853 |
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... opposite character , being generally more thinly populated , less cultivated , and exhibiting a most irregular mountainous surface , with tracts of marshy lands and extensive forests . With the exception of three hilly districts in the ...
... opposite character , being generally more thinly populated , less cultivated , and exhibiting a most irregular mountainous surface , with tracts of marshy lands and extensive forests . With the exception of three hilly districts in the ...
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... opposite bank , between the road and the river , is Peteghem , a small commune containing 1,400 souls . Deynze is the chief place of a canton in the district of Ghent , and an ancient town ; its population is 3,800 . The principal ...
... opposite bank , between the road and the river , is Peteghem , a small commune containing 1,400 souls . Deynze is the chief place of a canton in the district of Ghent , and an ancient town ; its population is 3,800 . The principal ...
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... opposite are worthy of attention . The portal of the collegiate church of the burgomaster and aldermen is a masterpiece of wood carving , executed in 1530 by Paul Vander Schelder . The trade in linen is extensive . The population is ...
... opposite are worthy of attention . The portal of the collegiate church of the burgomaster and aldermen is a masterpiece of wood carving , executed in 1530 by Paul Vander Schelder . The trade in linen is extensive . The population is ...
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... opposite side is a figure of the Virgin , and two small angels are stationed at the bottom of the mausoleum . The visitor should not leave St. Bavon without descending into the Crypt , a low subterranean arch under the choir . It is ...
... opposite side is a figure of the Virgin , and two small angels are stationed at the bottom of the mausoleum . The visitor should not leave St. Bavon without descending into the Crypt , a low subterranean arch under the choir . It is ...
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... opposite Station ; des Trois Rois . On the riverDendre , the chief town of the district of East Flanders , said to owe its origin to a fortress built by the Goths in 411 . It was formerly the capital of what was called Imperial Flanders ...
... opposite Station ; des Trois Rois . On the riverDendre , the chief town of the district of East Flanders , said to owe its origin to a fortress built by the Goths in 411 . It was formerly the capital of what was called Imperial Flanders ...
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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.