Bradshaw's illustrated hand-book for travellers in Belgium, on the Rhine, and through portions of Rhenish Prussia, Volume 171853 |
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... erected within the inner rampart . It is stated that 55,000,000 of eggs are annually exported from this place to England . The pier of Calais is three - quarters of a mile in length , and is used as an agreeable promenade . On a spot of ...
... erected within the inner rampart . It is stated that 55,000,000 of eggs are annually exported from this place to England . The pier of Calais is three - quarters of a mile in length , and is used as an agreeable promenade . On a spot of ...
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... erection of the 13th 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 ...
... erection of the 13th 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 ...
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... 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 ; to Valenciennes , Mons , and Brussels ; to Courtray , Ghent , and Brussels . Lille to ...
... 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 ; to Valenciennes , Mons , and Brussels ; to Courtray , Ghent , and Brussels . Lille to ...
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... erected in 1831 to commemorate the event . It is outside the Porte de Gand , and marks the centre of the battle- field . The public buildings and monuments of Courtray are not numerous . We will describe shortly the principal . Hotel de ...
... erected in 1831 to commemorate the event . It is outside the Porte de Gand , and marks the centre of the battle- field . The public buildings and monuments of Courtray are not numerous . We will describe shortly the principal . Hotel de ...
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... erected for market purposes . Theatre : this is remarkable for the beauty of its decorations ; it forms part of the new market building . Promenades : the ramparts or boulevards sur- rounding Courtray form a fine walk , from which may ...
... erected for market purposes . Theatre : this is remarkable for the beauty of its decorations ; it forms part of the new market building . Promenades : the ramparts or boulevards sur- rounding Courtray form a fine walk , from which may ...
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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.