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 xv
... paintings , and architecture , at the same time that we have illustrated them by very beautiful engravings . In all our arrangements we have observed , so far as possible , a simple and con- densed style ; and wherever practicable have ...
... paintings , and architecture , at the same time that we have illustrated them by very beautiful engravings . In all our arrangements we have observed , so far as possible , a simple and con- densed style ; and wherever practicable have ...
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... painter . LAND TENURE . - Short leases of nine years are the rule . Rents are high . There are many tenant farmers and many peasant owners . For example , in the province of Brabant , there are 54,000 owners and 29,000 tenants ; in ...
... painter . LAND TENURE . - Short leases of nine years are the rule . Rents are high . There are many tenant farmers and many peasant owners . For example , in the province of Brabant , there are 54,000 owners and 29,000 tenants ; in ...
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... paintings , sculptures , engravings , and designs of the best artists . The most meritorious works are rewarded by medals of gold , silver , and bronze . MANNERS AND CUSTOMS . - The Belgians have been successively subjected to the ...
... paintings , sculptures , engravings , and designs of the best artists . The most meritorious works are rewarded by medals of gold , silver , and bronze . MANNERS AND CUSTOMS . - The Belgians have been successively subjected to the ...
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... painting , we find an eminent degree of perfection characterising its productions , whilst its masters and students ... painters was established at Bruges . This corporation of artists , in the reign of Philip the Good , enjoyed a ...
... painting , we find an eminent degree of perfection characterising its productions , whilst its masters and students ... painters was established at Bruges . This corporation of artists , in the reign of Philip the Good , enjoyed a ...
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... painting had been practised in Italy . With the works of Van Eyck and his brother must be associated Hans Hemling ... painters . " In the present age , Belgium possesses a School of Living Artists , whose pro- ductions , especially those ...
... painting had been practised in Italy . With the works of Van Eyck and his brother must be associated Hans Hemling ... painters . " In the present age , Belgium possesses a School of Living Artists , whose pro- ductions , especially those ...
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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.