Bradshaw's illustrated hand-book for travellers in Belgium, on the Rhine, and through portions of Rhenish Prussia, Volume 171853 |
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... branch of trade in England . Several mills have been estab- lished , steam - engines have also been introduced in increased numbers , and factories have been erected within the inner rampart . It is stated that 55,000,000 of eggs are ...
... branch of trade in England . Several mills have been estab- lished , steam - engines have also been introduced in increased numbers , and factories have been erected within the inner rampart . It is stated that 55,000,000 of eggs are ...
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... branch line leads to Dunkirk . Refreshments may be had . The following unimportant stations are next passed : -Strazeele , Bailleul , Steenwerck , Armentières , and Ferenchies . Lille Station . - Hotels : Hotel de l'Europe - the best in ...
... branch line leads to Dunkirk . Refreshments may be had . The following unimportant stations are next passed : -Strazeele , Bailleul , Steenwerck , Armentières , and Ferenchies . Lille Station . - Hotels : Hotel de l'Europe - the best in ...
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... branches of trade are the manufacture of sugar from beet- root , the extraction of oils from colza and the seeds of rape , poppies , linseed , & c . Its other objects of attraction are the Hospital , founded in 1739 , the Bridge , the ...
... branches of trade are the manufacture of sugar from beet- root , the extraction of oils from colza and the seeds of rape , poppies , linseed , & c . Its other objects of attraction are the Hospital , founded in 1739 , the Bridge , the ...
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... branches . At the foot of the tree is seate ! a figure of Time , represented as a venerable old mán , whose eyes are covered with a thick veil , which he is lifting up in order to contemplate the features of Truth , who presents herself ...
... branches . At the foot of the tree is seate ! a figure of Time , represented as a venerable old mán , whose eyes are covered with a thick veil , which he is lifting up in order to contemplate the features of Truth , who presents herself ...
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... branches . In- subordination or refractory conduct is punished by solitary confinement . The shop for refreshments sold to the prisoners is kept under strict regulations by the officers of the establishment , and the profits are ...
... branches . In- subordination or refractory conduct is punished by solitary confinement . The shop for refreshments sold to the prisoners is kept under strict regulations by the officers of the establishment , and the profits are ...
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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
Popular passages
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.