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 xxiv
... resident within the kingdom , and 40 years old , and be rated as paying annually 1,000 florins direct taxes - something about £ 84 sterling . The members of the House of Representatives are paid at the rate of £ 16 16s . monthly for ...
... resident within the kingdom , and 40 years old , and be rated as paying annually 1,000 florins direct taxes - something about £ 84 sterling . The members of the House of Representatives are paid at the rate of £ 16 16s . monthly for ...
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... residence of the first governors of the country . Antiquities have frequently been found here . The church is ro- markable for its architecture , and contains a superb pulpit , a masterpiece of Decreux , of Tournay . It was formerly an ...
... residence of the first governors of the country . Antiquities have frequently been found here . The church is ro- markable for its architecture , and contains a superb pulpit , a masterpiece of Decreux , of Tournay . It was formerly an ...
Page 12
... residence his queen gave birth to her son , John of Gaunt ( Ghent ) . An intimate and friendly alliance existed for years between the English and people of Ghent . It may not be uninteresting to mention the fate of Jacques Van Artavelde ...
... residence his queen gave birth to her son , John of Gaunt ( Ghent ) . An intimate and friendly alliance existed for years between the English and people of Ghent . It may not be uninteresting to mention the fate of Jacques Van Artavelde ...
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... residence of the widow of the Emperor Maximilian of Mexico . This palace was originally built for the Austrian Governor of the Netherlands . It was afterwards inhabited by Napoleon , and is remarkable as being the place where he planned ...
... residence of the widow of the Emperor Maximilian of Mexico . This palace was originally built for the Austrian Governor of the Netherlands . It was afterwards inhabited by Napoleon , and is remarkable as being the place where he planned ...
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... residence of the Counts of Flanders , and was anciently called Palais du Franc de Bruges - the Palace of the Liberty of Bruges- a large district independent of the city . The interior contains little remarkable save the council chamber ...
... residence of the Counts of Flanders , and was anciently called Palais du Franc de Bruges - the Palace of the Liberty of Bruges- a large district independent of the city . The interior contains little remarkable save the council chamber ...
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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.