Bradshaw's illustrated hand-book for travellers in Belgium, on the Rhine, and through portions of Rhenish Prussia, Volume 171853 |
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Page xviii
... called by the above name can be hired for 1 fr . , or before 7 a.m. for 1 fr . , which will convey the traveller and his luggage to his resting place . He should take one at once on his arrival and thus save himself the annoy ance he is ...
... called by the above name can be hired for 1 fr . , or before 7 a.m. for 1 fr . , which will convey the traveller and his luggage to his resting place . He should take one at once on his arrival and thus save himself the annoy ance he is ...
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... called Campine , comprising the north - east por- tion of Antwerp and north - west of Liége . It consists of marshes , desolate moors , peat bogs , and extensive tracts of sand , covered with heath , broom , and firs . Some parts ...
... called Campine , comprising the north - east por- tion of Antwerp and north - west of Liége . It consists of marshes , desolate moors , peat bogs , and extensive tracts of sand , covered with heath , broom , and firs . Some parts ...
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... called by historians the " Field of the Cloth of Gold , " where Henry VIII . of England and Francis I. of France met in 1520. It is so called from the cloth of gold covering the tents and pavilions occupied by the two monarchs and their ...
... called by historians the " Field of the Cloth of Gold , " where Henry VIII . of England and Francis I. of France met in 1520. It is so called from the cloth of gold covering the tents and pavilions occupied by the two monarchs and their ...
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... called Géant Gayant ; a large osier giant , 30 feet high , attired in armour , and accompanied by a family of proportionate size , consisting of his wife and children , perambulate the streets , accompanied by the populace . Eight men ...
... called Géant Gayant ; a large osier giant , 30 feet high , attired in armour , and accompanied by a family of proportionate size , consisting of his wife and children , perambulate the streets , accompanied by the populace . Eight men ...
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... called Brotom- Torren , built in 1413 , are remarkable for the extreme strength and thickness of the walls ; they are united by a bridge over the Lys , built in the year 1465 . The Market Houses are seen in all their ancient simplicity ...
... called Brotom- Torren , built in 1413 , are remarkable for the extreme strength and thickness of the walls ; they are united by a bridge over the Lys , built in the year 1465 . The Market Houses are seen in all their ancient simplicity ...
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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.