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 1
... leaving Dover at 10 30 aft . , and reach- ing Calais at 12 30 night . Calais Station . - Hotels : Paris Hotel , kept by A. Louis . The nearest hotel to the steam packets and the railway station . Hotel Meurice , Rue de Guise , open for ...
... leaving Dover at 10 30 aft . , and reach- ing Calais at 12 30 night . Calais Station . - Hotels : Paris Hotel , kept by A. Louis . The nearest hotel to the steam packets and the railway station . Hotel Meurice , Rue de Guise , open for ...
Page 2
... Leaving the station at the end of the pier , near to the gate , St. Pierre Station , in the suburbs , is passed . and Ardres Station arrived at . It is a small fortress , situated on a canal . A little to the west of the road , between ...
... Leaving the station at the end of the pier , near to the gate , St. Pierre Station , in the suburbs , is passed . and Ardres Station arrived at . It is a small fortress , situated on a canal . A little to the west of the road , between ...
Page 6
... Leaving Courtray for Ghent , the railway runs parallel to the paved road , and shortly arrives at Haerlebeke Station . A commune and chief place of a canton in the district of Courtray , con- taining a population of 4,486 souls . It was ...
... Leaving Courtray for Ghent , the railway runs parallel to the paved road , and shortly arrives at Haerlebeke Station . A commune and chief place of a canton in the district of Courtray , con- taining a population of 4,486 souls . It was ...
Page 9
... Leaving here the railway passes Maria Leerne , and enters a very interesting place , to the right of which meanders the river Lys . St. Dennis Western is passed to the left ; the road leading to the village of Oudenarde is next crossed ...
... Leaving here the railway passes Maria Leerne , and enters a very interesting place , to the right of which meanders the river Lys . St. Dennis Western is passed to the left ; the road leading to the village of Oudenarde is next crossed ...
Page 11
... Leaving here the railway passes Maria Leerne , and enters a very interesting place , to the right of which meanders the river Lys . St. Dennis Western is passed to the left ; the road leading to the village of Oudenarde is next crossed ...
... Leaving here the railway passes Maria Leerne , and enters a very interesting place , to the right of which meanders the river Lys . St. Dennis Western is passed to the left ; the road leading to the village of Oudenarde is next crossed ...
Common terms and phrases
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
Popular passages
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.