Bradshaw's illustrated hand-book for travellers in Belgium, on the Rhine, and through portions of Rhenish Prussia, Volume 171853 |
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... France . With Holland , it formed the kingdom of the Netherlands from 1815 down to 1830 ; since which it has ranked as a separate and independent kingdom . In the August of 1830 the Belgian provinces revolted , and threw off the yoke of ...
... France . With Holland , it formed the kingdom of the Netherlands from 1815 down to 1830 ; since which it has ranked as a separate and independent kingdom . In the August of 1830 the Belgian provinces revolted , and threw off the yoke of ...
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... France ; and on the E. by the Dutch portion of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and Rhenish Prussia . DIVISIONS . - Brussels is the capital and seat of government ; for the administra- tion of which the kingdom is divided into the 9 ...
... France ; and on the E. by the Dutch portion of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and Rhenish Prussia . DIVISIONS . - Brussels is the capital and seat of government ; for the administra- tion of which the kingdom is divided into the 9 ...
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... France and Prussia , ie , with each against the other ; and it was strictly respected by both parties during the war . After Sedan , several thousand men found refuge in Belgium . On 28th March , 1871 , the peace negotiations between ...
... France and Prussia , ie , with each against the other ; and it was strictly respected by both parties during the war . After Sedan , several thousand men found refuge in Belgium . On 28th March , 1871 , the peace negotiations between ...
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... France ; and the annual quantity raised in Belgium is 12,000,000 tons , valued at £ 5,000,000 sterling . About 1,000,000 tons of iron ore are annually raised . The cloth manufactures of Verviers employ 4,000 men ; and the cotton ...
... France ; and the annual quantity raised in Belgium is 12,000,000 tons , valued at £ 5,000,000 sterling . About 1,000,000 tons of iron ore are annually raised . The cloth manufactures of Verviers employ 4,000 men ; and the cotton ...
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... France and Prussia . In this respect Belgium is most favourably situated for the experiment of a general system of railroads . It is compact in form , moderate in size , and is surrounded on three of its sides by active commercial ...
... France and Prussia . In this respect Belgium is most favourably situated for the experiment of a general system of railroads . It is compact in form , moderate in size , and is surrounded on three of its sides by active commercial ...
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Abbey accommodation altar ancient Antwerp apartments Baden Baths beautiful Belgian Belgium Bingen bridge Bruges Brussels building built canal Carriages castle Cathedral celebrated century chapel Charleroi château Church of St Coblenz Cologne comfort contains Counts of Flanders crosses distance Duke East Flanders Emperor English travellers erected establishment excellent families feet first-class Hotel Flanders formerly France French garden German Ghent Gothic GRAND HOTEL hill Holland inhabitants left bank Liége Louvain Luxembourg magnificent Mannheim Mayence Meuse miles moderate charges monument Moselle mountains Namur o'clock Omnibuses opposite ornamented Ostend OTEL paintings palace Paris passes picturesque population Prince Promenade Proprietor Prussia Quiévrain rail Railway Station remarkable Rhine right bank river road rock Roman Rooms Route Rubens ruins Saloons Sambre scenery Scheldt seen side situated splendid Steamers Strasburg streets style Table d'Hôte Theatre tion Tournay tower town Trèves valley village visitors wine
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Page 34 - Ere evening to be trodden like the grass Which now beneath them, but above shall grow In its next verdure, when this fiery mass Of living valour, rolling on the foe And burning with high hope shall moulder cold and low.
Page 89 - 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...
Page 176 - Dependance consist of One Hundred and Sixty Sleeping Apartments, elegant Sitting-rooms, and a Garden for the use of visitors. Extensive and airy Dining-room, and a comfortable Public Sitting-room, with Piano and Library. It is conducted under the Immediate superintendence of the Proprietor...
Page 37 - 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.