Bradshaw's illustrated hand-book for travellers in Belgium, on the Rhine, and through portions of Rhenish Prussia, Volume 171853 |
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... displayed a passionate love for social liberty , an impatience of control , that embroiled them with all their different rulers , and involved them in ruinous disasters during many successive centuries xxiv . INTRODUCTION .
... displayed a passionate love for social liberty , an impatience of control , that embroiled them with all their different rulers , and involved them in ruinous disasters during many successive centuries xxiv . INTRODUCTION .
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George Bradshaw. and involved them in ruinous disasters during many successive centuries . Writers of all ages agree in describing them as the most restless , unruly , tumult - loving mortals in existence , always treating their best ...
George Bradshaw. and involved them in ruinous disasters during many successive centuries . Writers of all ages agree in describing them as the most restless , unruly , tumult - loving mortals in existence , always treating their best ...
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... century , built by Jean Sans- Peur , inhabited by Charles V. , and was anciently the palace of the Dukes of Burgundy . The build- ing is in the early Gothic style , and has in one of its tourelles an exquisitely groined staircase and a ...
... century , built by Jean Sans- Peur , inhabited by Charles V. , and was anciently the palace of the Dukes of Burgundy . The build- ing is in the early Gothic style , and has in one of its tourelles an exquisitely groined staircase and a ...
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... 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 osier giant , 30 feet ...
... 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 osier giant , 30 feet ...
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... century , representing the " Descent of the Holy Spirit upon the Apostles , " and on the two wings , " The Sleep of Adam in Paradise , " and " The Baptism of Christ . " There is another picture by Van Man- deren , the historian and poet ...
... century , representing the " Descent of the Holy Spirit upon the Apostles , " and on the two wings , " The Sleep of Adam in Paradise , " and " The Baptism of Christ . " There is another picture by Van Man- deren , the historian and poet ...
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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.