Bradshaw's illustrated hand-book for travellers in Belgium, on the Rhine, and through portions of Rhenish Prussia, Volume 171853 |
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... Stein . 156 Rothenfels 156 St. Marienkirche 80 Vier Thurme View near Andernach LIEGE : - Bridge of Arches .............. ................................................... Bridge Val Benoit ............... ..............
... Stein . 156 Rothenfels 156 St. Marienkirche 80 Vier Thurme View near Andernach LIEGE : - Bridge of Arches .............. ................................................... Bridge Val Benoit ............... ..............
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... Bridge , the Concert Hall , the Gaol , the Botanical Gardens , the Triumphal Arch , erected in 1782 , in honour of Louis XIV . , and the Column raised in memory of the siege sustained by the city in 1792 . Railway to Douai and Paris ...
... Bridge , the Concert Hall , the Gaol , the Botanical Gardens , the Triumphal Arch , erected in 1782 , in honour of Louis XIV . , and the Column raised in memory of the siege sustained by the city in 1792 . Railway to Douai and Paris ...
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... bridge over the Lys , built in the year 1465 . The Market Houses are seen in all their ancient simplicity in the centre of the town ; the front of the building is adorned by five elegant turrets . There was formerly a high tower in the ...
... bridge over the Lys , built in the year 1465 . The Market Houses are seen in all their ancient simplicity in the centre of the town ; the front of the building is adorned by five elegant turrets . There was formerly a high tower in the ...
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... bridge over the Ly year 1465 . The Market Houses are seen in al simplicity in the centre of the town the building is adorned by five e There was formerly a high tower in the structure , in which the celebra viously mentioned was placed ...
... bridge over the Ly year 1465 . The Market Houses are seen in al simplicity in the centre of the town the building is adorned by five e There was formerly a high tower in the structure , in which the celebra viously mentioned was placed ...
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... bridges , and con- tains three hundred streets . Ghent , though no longer the great commercial city of former days , when the Emperor Charles V. ( its most distin- guished native , born here 1500 ) said of it- " Je mettrai tout Paris ...
... bridges , and con- tains three hundred streets . Ghent , though no longer the great commercial city of former days , when the Emperor Charles V. ( its most distin- guished native , born here 1500 ) said of it- " Je mettrai tout Paris ...
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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.