Bradshaw's illustrated hand-book for travellers in Belgium, on the Rhine, and through portions of Rhenish Prussia, Volume 171853 |
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... Mountains ............ 99 , 101 Verviers 74 Rhoodt .... .................................... 60 Sheerness 24 Vetschau 77 Riegel ................ ..150 Shoeburyness 24 Rixensart 46 Singen ..159 , 160 Rochfort 59 Sinzheim ...
... Mountains ............ 99 , 101 Verviers 74 Rhoodt .... .................................... 60 Sheerness 24 Vetschau 77 Riegel ................ ..150 Shoeburyness 24 Rixensart 46 Singen ..159 , 160 Rochfort 59 Sinzheim ...
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... mountainous surface , with tracts of marshy lands and extensive forests . With the exception of three hilly districts in the south and east , the entire territory presents the appearance of a series of nearly level plains , traversed by ...
... mountainous surface , with tracts of marshy lands and extensive forests . With the exception of three hilly districts in the south and east , the entire territory presents the appearance of a series of nearly level plains , traversed by ...
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... mountainous district which constitutes the provinces of Luxembourg and Namur . The course of the Meuse , from Durant to Maestricht , offers some very picturesque combinations of landscapes and rock scenery . The river is closely shut in ...
... mountainous district which constitutes the provinces of Luxembourg and Namur . The course of the Meuse , from Durant to Maestricht , offers some very picturesque combinations of landscapes and rock scenery . The river is closely shut in ...
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... mountains overhanging the town , command varied and extensive views over the fertile country watered by the Meuse ... mountain on which the castle is built . Tobacco and endive are cultivated in the neighbourhood of the town . The ...
... mountains overhanging the town , command varied and extensive views over the fertile country watered by the Meuse ... mountain on which the castle is built . Tobacco and endive are cultivated in the neighbourhood of the town . The ...
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... mountain should not be left unobserved . The ment of Mr. Cockerill , at Seraing , a suburb of Liége , before - mentioned ( see Route 9 ) , which con- stantly employs many thousand men . It may be reached by omnibus , steamer , or rail ...
... mountain should not be left unobserved . The ment of Mr. Cockerill , at Seraing , a suburb of Liége , before - mentioned ( see Route 9 ) , which con- stantly employs many thousand men . It may be reached by omnibus , steamer , or rail ...
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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.