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 xxiii
... gardens , and luxuriant trees . In the province of Liége the north bank overlooks a fertile plain , producing all kinds of grain and vegetables , and affording excellent pasturage for cattle and for dairy husbandry ; but the country on ...
... gardens , and luxuriant trees . In the province of Liége the north bank overlooks a fertile plain , producing all kinds of grain and vegetables , and affording excellent pasturage for cattle and for dairy husbandry ; but the country on ...
Page xxvii
... garden ; and the product of its wheat is often not less than sixteen to one , and oats ten to one , whilst scarcely in any part of Britain does wheat give more than eight or ten to one . East and West Flanders alone produce , annually ...
... garden ; and the product of its wheat is often not less than sixteen to one , and oats ten to one , whilst scarcely in any part of Britain does wheat give more than eight or ten to one . East and West Flanders alone produce , annually ...
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... 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 ; to Valenciennes , Mons , and Brussels ; to Courtray ...
... 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 ; to Valenciennes , Mons , and Brussels ; to Courtray ...
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... gardens . Near the Antwerp gates are still to be traced the ruins of the citadel constructed by Charles V. , on the site of the abbey of St. Bavin ; and in the neighbourhood of the gate of St. Lievin is found a transparent stone ...
... gardens . Near the Antwerp gates are still to be traced the ruins of the citadel constructed by Charles V. , on the site of the abbey of St. Bavin ; and in the neighbourhood of the gate of St. Lievin is found a transparent stone ...
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... garden is now open to the public . Near the Antwerp Gate is a small convent of Béguines , which deserves attention . In the chapel are some pictures worthy of notice . Near the Town Hall ( of the fifteenth century ) is the statue of the ...
... garden is now open to the public . Near the Antwerp Gate is a small convent of Béguines , which deserves attention . In the chapel are some pictures worthy of notice . Near the Town Hall ( of the fifteenth century ) is the statue of the ...
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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.