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 xv
... paintings , and architecture , at the same time that we have illustrated them by very beautiful engravings . In all our arrangements we have observed , so far as possible , a simple and con- densed style ; and wherever practicable have ...
... paintings , and architecture , at the same time that we have illustrated them by very beautiful engravings . In all our arrangements we have observed , so far as possible , a simple and con- densed style ; and wherever practicable have ...
Page xxiii
... painter . LAND TENURE . - Short leases of nine years are the rule . Rents are high . There are many tenant farmers and many peasant owners . For example , in the province of Brabant , there are 54,000 owners and 29,000 tenants ; in ...
... painter . LAND TENURE . - Short leases of nine years are the rule . Rents are high . There are many tenant farmers and many peasant owners . For example , in the province of Brabant , there are 54,000 owners and 29,000 tenants ; in ...
Page xxiv
... paintings , sculptures , engravings , and designs of the best artists . The most meritorious works are rewarded by medals of gold , silver , and bronze . MANNERS AND CUSTOMS . - The Belgians have been successively subjected to the ...
... paintings , sculptures , engravings , and designs of the best artists . The most meritorious works are rewarded by medals of gold , silver , and bronze . MANNERS AND CUSTOMS . - The Belgians have been successively subjected to the ...
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... painting , we find an eminent degree of perfection characterising its productions , whilst its masters and students ... painters was established at Bruges . This corporation of artists , in the reign of Philip the Good , enjoyed a ...
... painting , we find an eminent degree of perfection characterising its productions , whilst its masters and students ... painters was established at Bruges . This corporation of artists , in the reign of Philip the Good , enjoyed a ...
Page xxvi
... painting had been practised in Italy . With the works of Van Eyck and his brother must be associated Hans Hemling ... painters . " In the present age , Belgium possesses a School of Living Artists , whose pro- ductions , especially those ...
... painting had been practised in Italy . With the works of Van Eyck and his brother must be associated Hans Hemling ... painters . " In the present age , Belgium possesses a School of Living Artists , whose pro- ductions , especially those ...
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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.