Bradshaw's illustrated hand-book for travellers in Belgium, on the Rhine, and through portions of Rhenish Prussia, Volume 171853 |
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... Hotels : Paris Hotel , kept by A. Louis . The nearest hotel to the steam packets and the railway station . Hotel Meurice , Rue de Guise , open for night trains and boats ; moderate charges . The Buffet Hotel , at the railway station ...
... Hotels : Paris Hotel , kept by A. Louis . The nearest hotel to the steam packets and the railway station . Hotel Meurice , Rue de Guise , open for night trains and boats ; moderate charges . The Buffet Hotel , at the railway station ...
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... Hotels : Hotel de la Porte d'Or , Rue St. Bertin . - New proprietor , D. Coolen . Very attentive and charges moderate . Hotel d'Angleterre ; Du Commerce . Population , 22,000 . A third - rate fortress , situated in a marshy dis- trict ...
... Hotels : Hotel de la Porte d'Or , Rue St. Bertin . - New proprietor , D. Coolen . Very attentive and charges moderate . Hotel d'Angleterre ; Du Commerce . Population , 22,000 . A third - rate fortress , situated in a marshy dis- trict ...
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... Hotels : Hotel de l'Europe - the best in the town . Paris ; Nouveau Monde ; Flandre ; France ; Chemin de fer du Nord . English Church Service on Sundays . This city is strongly fortified , and forms , on the northern frontiers of France ...
... Hotels : Hotel de l'Europe - the best in the town . Paris ; Nouveau Monde ; Flandre ; France ; Chemin de fer du Nord . English Church Service on Sundays . This city is strongly fortified , and forms , on the northern frontiers of France ...
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... Hotel : Frreaille . It has a population of 70,000 . Its staple trade is cotton manufacture . Close to it , the English , under the Duke of York , suffered a severe defeat from the French , commanded by Pichegru , on May 18th , 1794 ...
... Hotel : Frreaille . It has a population of 70,000 . Its staple trade is cotton manufacture . Close to it , the English , under the Duke of York , suffered a severe defeat from the French , commanded by Pichegru , on May 18th , 1794 ...
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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.