Bradshaw's illustrated hand-book for travellers in Belgium, on the Rhine, and through portions of Rhenish Prussia, Volume 271853 |
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... Emperor of Germany . His son , the Emperor Charles V. , was born at Ghent . From 1598 they came under Spain , till 1714 , when they reverted to Austria ; and continued to be governed by the Archdukes of the Empire down to 1795 , when ...
... Emperor of Germany . His son , the Emperor Charles V. , was born at Ghent . From 1598 they came under Spain , till 1714 , when they reverted to Austria ; and continued to be governed by the Archdukes of the Empire down to 1795 , when ...
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... Emperor of Constantinople . It deserves to be visited on account of the richness and grandeur of its ornaments , particularly a chef - d'œuvre of Van Dyck , placed behind the high altar , and repre- senting the Elevation of the Cross ...
... Emperor of Constantinople . It deserves to be visited on account of the richness and grandeur of its ornaments , particularly a chef - d'œuvre of Van Dyck , placed behind the high altar , and repre- senting the Elevation of the Cross ...
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... Emperor Charles V. ( its most distin- guished native , born here 1500 ) said of it- " Je mettrai tout Paris dans mon Gand , " ( i.e. , I could put all Paris in my Gaunt - let - my glove , gant ) , is still the Manchester of Belgium . In ...
... Emperor Charles V. ( its most distin- guished native , born here 1500 ) said of it- " Je mettrai tout Paris dans mon Gand , " ( i.e. , I could put all Paris in my Gaunt - let - my glove , gant ) , is still the Manchester of Belgium . In ...
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... Emperor Maximilian of Mexico . This palace was originally built for the Austrian Governor of the Netherlands . It was afterwards inhabited by Napoleon , and is remarkable as being the place where he planned his Russian campaign . It is ...
... Emperor Maximilian of Mexico . This palace was originally built for the Austrian Governor of the Netherlands . It was afterwards inhabited by Napoleon , and is remarkable as being the place where he planned his Russian campaign . It is ...
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... Emperor of Germany . Louis XV . entered it in 1745 , after a siege of 18 days , which all but completed its destruction . It has a College of Navigation . The oyster parks outside the Bruges Gate ought to be visited . The town , but ...
... Emperor of Germany . Louis XV . entered it in 1745 , after a siege of 18 days , which all but completed its destruction . It has a College of Navigation . The oyster parks outside the Bruges Gate ought to be visited . The town , but ...
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Abbey altar ancient Antwerp architecture Baden Baths beautiful Belgian Belgium BRADSHAW'S Bruges Brussels building built canal Carriages castle Cathedral celebrated centre century chapel Charleroi Château choir Church of St CLASS HOTEL Coblenz Cologne comfort contains Counts of Flanders Courtray crosses Dinant Duke Dutch East Flanders Emperor erected establishment excellent excursion Families Flanders formerly France French garden German Ghent Gothic GRAND HOTEL hill Holland inhabitants left bank Liége Luxembourg magnificent Mannheim Mayence Meuse miles moderate charges monument Moselle mountains Museum Namur opposite ornamented Ostend paintings Palace passes picture picturesque population Post Prince Promenade Proprietor Prussia rail Railway Station remarkable residence Rhine right bank river road Roman Rooms Route Royal Rubens ruins Saloons Scheldt side situated Spires splendid spot statue Steamers Strassburg streets style Table d'Hôte tion Tournay tower town traveller Trèves valley village wine
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Page 40 - There have been tears and breaking hearts for thee, And mine were nothing, had I such to give ; But when I stood beneath the fresh green tree, Which living waves where thou didst cease to live, And saw around me the wide field revive With fruits and fertile promise, and the Spring Come forth her work of gladness to contrive, With all her reckless birds upon the wing, I turn'd from all she brought to those she could not bring.
Page 180 - GRAND HOTEL DE ROME, under the Tilleuls, 39, corner of Charlotten Street. This great and beautiful Hotel, the largest and best situated of the capital, combines real English comfort with reasonable prices, and is kept in a very fashionable manner. Two hundred Rooms, Twenty-five Saloons, Three large Dining Rooms for more than 600 persons. Reading Rooms, supplied with all foreign Newspapers. Music Saloon, and Conversation Room, Ac. Restaurant uk la Francaise.
Page xxvi - Rubens stands in the esteem of the world is alone a sufficient reason for some examination of his pretensions. His fame is extended over a great part of the Continent, without a rival: and it may be justly said that he has enriched his...
Page 19 - Yet everywhere its monuments remain : Temples which rear their stately heads on high, Canals that intersect the fertile plain — "Wide streets and squares, with many a court and hall, Spacious and undefaced — but ancient all.
Page 191 - 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. Private Dinners at any hour. During the Winter, board and lodging at very moderate prices.
Page 81 - There are rivers whose course is longer, and whose volume of water is greater, but none which unites almost everything that can render an earthly object magnificent and charming in the same degree as the Rhine. As it flows down from the distant ridges of the Alps, through fertile regions, into the open sea, so it comes down from remote antiquity, associated in every age with momentous events in the history of the neighbouring nations.
Page 95 - Drachenfels Frowns o'er the wide and winding Rhine, Whose breast of waters broadly swells Between the banks which bear the vine, And hills all rich with...