Bradshaw's illustrated hand-book for travellers in Belgium, on the Rhine, and through portions of Rhenish Prussia, Volume 171853 |
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... buildings and machinery , and the number of hands employed is at least 122,000 . A brisk trade is likewise carried on in silk , ribbons , hosiery , hats , leather oil - cloth , paper , and lithography , & c . COMMERCE has greatly ...
... buildings and machinery , and the number of hands employed is at least 122,000 . A brisk trade is likewise carried on in silk , ribbons , hosiery , hats , leather oil - cloth , paper , and lithography , & c . COMMERCE has greatly ...
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... building where was established the guild hall of the mayor and aldermen of the " staple of wool , " founded in 1363 ... buildings well worthy of notice- the Cathedral , and Abbey Church of St. Bertin . The former is a magnificent ...
... building where was established the guild hall of the mayor and aldermen of the " staple of wool , " founded in 1363 ... buildings well worthy of notice- the Cathedral , and Abbey Church of St. Bertin . The former is a magnificent ...
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... building in French Flanders . The only fragment now remaining is a stately tower , noble even in its ruins , the mutilated panelling of its walls bespeaking the chaste and superior ele- gance of its florid Gothic style of ornament ...
... building in French Flanders . The only fragment now remaining is a stately tower , noble even in its ruins , the mutilated panelling of its walls bespeaking the chaste and superior ele- gance of its florid Gothic style of ornament ...
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... building of the 15th century , in which is the library , con- taining 30,000 vols . A rather curious spectacle greets the traveller's eye here in the early part of each July , when a procession takes place called Géant Gayant ; a large ...
... building of the 15th century , in which is the library , con- taining 30,000 vols . A rather curious spectacle greets the traveller's eye here in the early part of each July , when a procession takes place called Géant Gayant ; a large ...
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... buildings and monuments of Courtray are not numerous . We will describe shortly the principal . Hotel de Ville : the interior possesses two chim- neys , one placed in the police court or hall , the other in the council room ; their ...
... buildings and monuments of Courtray are not numerous . We will describe shortly the principal . Hotel de Ville : the interior possesses two chim- neys , one placed in the police court or hall , the other in the council room ; their ...
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Page 33 - 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 85 - 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 174 - 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 34 - 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.