Bradshaw's illustrated hand-book for travellers in Belgium, on the Rhine, and through portions of Rhenish Prussia, Volume 171853 |
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... ..................................... 34 Nameche , Rocks near PAGE . 114 66 99 99 Interior of . ......................................................... . 34 NAMUR : - St. James's 34 Château of ............... ......
... ..................................... 34 Nameche , Rocks near PAGE . 114 66 99 99 Interior of . ......................................................... . 34 NAMUR : - St. James's 34 Château of ............... ......
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... rock scenery . The river is closely shut in by lofty cliffs of various hues . Here they overhang the river , and are beautifully shrouded with bushes of box , wild myrtle , and ivy , and there they slope away to its margin , or are ...
... rock scenery . The river is closely shut in by lofty cliffs of various hues . Here they overhang the river , and are beautifully shrouded with bushes of box , wild myrtle , and ivy , and there they slope away to its margin , or are ...
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... rocks , which cut off by their aridity the vigorous vegetation which surrounds them on all sides . Floreffe Station . The village gives evidence , in the immense church and the beauty of its abbey , of the importance anciently attached ...
... rocks , which cut off by their aridity the vigorous vegetation which surrounds them on all sides . Floreffe Station . The village gives evidence , in the immense church and the beauty of its abbey , of the importance anciently attached ...
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... rocks , which cut off by their aridity the vigorous vegetation which surrounds them on all sides . Floreffe Station . The village gives evidence , in the immense church and the beauty of its abbey , of the importance anciently attached ...
... rocks , which cut off by their aridity the vigorous vegetation which surrounds them on all sides . Floreffe Station . The village gives evidence , in the immense church and the beauty of its abbey , of the importance anciently attached ...
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... rock . Here are extensive manufactures of fire - arms , swords , knives , scissors , and other articles of iron , copper , and brass . Quantities of leather , paper , thread , and tobacco are also prepared here . Namnr has often changed ...
... rock . Here are extensive manufactures of fire - arms , swords , knives , scissors , and other articles of iron , copper , and brass . Quantities of leather , paper , thread , and tobacco are also prepared here . Namnr has often changed ...
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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.