Bradshaw's illustrated hand-book for travellers in Belgium, on the Rhine, and through portions of Rhenish Prussia, Volume 171853 |
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... seen on his journey and in his visits , carefully selecting all the historical details and anecdotes , and such other matters as we believe calculated to interest , whilst they instruct the English traveller , at the same time that we ...
... seen on his journey and in his visits , carefully selecting all the historical details and anecdotes , and such other matters as we believe calculated to interest , whilst they instruct the English traveller , at the same time that we ...
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... seen , to the present day , in the deep brilliancy and liveliness discernible in all his works , which , by the freshness and perfect preservation of their solours , excite A 2- ( Belgium ) the wonder and admiration of every traveller ...
... seen , to the present day , in the deep brilliancy and liveliness discernible in all his works , which , by the freshness and perfect preservation of their solours , excite A 2- ( Belgium ) the wonder and admiration of every traveller ...
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... seen the remains of the once famous Abbey of St. Bertin , formerly the noblest Gothic building in French Flanders . The only fragment now remaining is a stately tower , noble even in its ruins , the mutilated panelling of its walls ...
... seen the remains of the once famous Abbey of St. Bertin , formerly the noblest Gothic building in French Flanders . The only fragment now remaining is a stately tower , noble even in its ruins , the mutilated panelling of its walls ...
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George Bradshaw. large corn stores seen , as also the very fine houses of the Rue Esquirmoise . The suburbs of Lille ... seen to advan- tage . Froissart , the historian of the 14th century , was born here . VALENCIENNES TO BRUSSELS , see ...
George Bradshaw. large corn stores seen , as also the very fine houses of the Rue Esquirmoise . The suburbs of Lille ... seen to advan- tage . Froissart , the historian of the 14th century , was born here . VALENCIENNES TO BRUSSELS , see ...
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... seen on an eminence to the right , with its beautiful church built of bricks . Its chief importance arises from the fact of its being situated on the frontier . It is the chief place of its commune , and contains a population of 5,536 ...
... seen on an eminence to the right , with its beautiful church built of bricks . Its chief importance arises from the fact of its being situated on the frontier . It is the chief place of its commune , and contains a population of 5,536 ...
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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.