Bradshaw's illustrated hand-book for travellers in Belgium, on the Rhine, and through portions of Rhenish Prussia, Volume 261853 |
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... splendid Corinthian portico , modelled from the Pantheon , at Rome , and is built on the site of the Jesuits ' College . The principal hall , and the amphitheatre , in which the academé meetings are held , can accommodate from 1,600 to ...
... splendid Corinthian portico , modelled from the Pantheon , at Rome , and is built on the site of the Jesuits ' College . The principal hall , and the amphitheatre , in which the academé meetings are held , can accommodate from 1,600 to ...
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... splendid ivory crucifix said to be the work of Duquesnoy . The church of St. Catharine is chiefly remark- able on account of its paintings , some of which are good , including an Adoration , by Morille , held in high estimation by ...
... splendid ivory crucifix said to be the work of Duquesnoy . The church of St. Catharine is chiefly remark- able on account of its paintings , some of which are good , including an Adoration , by Morille , held in high estimation by ...
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... splendid panorama . Ad- vancing on , the railway crosses the Scheldt by a splendid viaduct of many arches . Look to the right ; what an admirable entrance to the town ! A beautiful coup d'œil is formed by the bridges , towers , houses ...
... splendid panorama . Ad- vancing on , the railway crosses the Scheldt by a splendid viaduct of many arches . Look to the right ; what an admirable entrance to the town ! A beautiful coup d'œil is formed by the bridges , towers , houses ...
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... splendid dining - room . Hotel Mertian , first - class house , open all the year . Hotel de Russie , very good . Grand Hotel du Phare , facing the Baths . Hotel de la Plage , first - class hotel , between the new Kursaal and the King's ...
... splendid dining - room . Hotel Mertian , first - class house , open all the year . Hotel de Russie , very good . Grand Hotel du Phare , facing the Baths . Hotel de la Plage , first - class hotel , between the new Kursaal and the King's ...
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... splendid and exquisite specimens of architecture with which their dwellings are adorned and em bellished . " Fair city , worthy of her ancient fame The season of her splendour is gone by ; Yet everywhere its monuments remain , Temples ...
... splendid and exquisite specimens of architecture with which their dwellings are adorned and em bellished . " Fair city , worthy of her ancient fame The season of her splendour is gone by ; Yet everywhere its monuments remain , Temples ...
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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.