Bradshaw's illustrated hand-book for travellers in Belgium, on the Rhine, and through portions of Rhenish Prussia, Volume 171853 |
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... ground already occupied , nor yet as an unworthy rival to books of a larger and more elaborate description . The present Hand - Book furnishes the traveller with a valuable companion in his Tour through Belgium and on the Rhine . And ...
... ground already occupied , nor yet as an unworthy rival to books of a larger and more elaborate description . The present Hand - Book furnishes the traveller with a valuable companion in his Tour through Belgium and on the Rhine . And ...
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... grounds . The flax is steeped in the waters of the Lys , esteemed peculiarly favourable for bleaching purposes . In a plain near Courtray was fought , in 1302 , the sanguinary battle of the Golden Spurs , between the French troops ...
... grounds . The flax is steeped in the waters of the Lys , esteemed peculiarly favourable for bleaching purposes . In a plain near Courtray was fought , in 1302 , the sanguinary battle of the Golden Spurs , between the French troops ...
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... ground for a convent by Paelinck , a modern artist ; the third , the Bap tism of our Saviour , by Crauwer ; the fourth , dead Christ , by Abraham Janssens ; the sixth Christ disputing with the Doctors , by Pourbus all the figures of ...
... ground for a convent by Paelinck , a modern artist ; the third , the Bap tism of our Saviour , by Crauwer ; the fourth , dead Christ , by Abraham Janssens ; the sixth Christ disputing with the Doctors , by Pourbus all the figures of ...
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... ground for a convent , by Paelinck , a modern artist ; the third , the Bap- tism of our Saviour , by Crauwer ; the fourth , a dead Christ , by Abraham Janssens ; the sixth , Christ disputing with the Doctors , by Pourbus , all the ...
... ground for a convent , by Paelinck , a modern artist ; the third , the Bap- tism of our Saviour , by Crauwer ; the fourth , a dead Christ , by Abraham Janssens ; the sixth , Christ disputing with the Doctors , by Pourbus , all the ...
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... ground floor is used as the Exchange , and the upper chamber as Courts of Justice . Palace de l'Universit . - Founded by William I. , King of Holland , in 1826. It is a beautiful and modern edifice , having a splendid Corinthian portico ...
... ground floor is used as the Exchange , and the upper chamber as Courts of Justice . Palace de l'Universit . - Founded by William I. , King of Holland , in 1826. It is a beautiful and modern edifice , having a splendid Corinthian portico ...
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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.