Bradshaw's illustrated hand-book for travellers in Belgium, on the Rhine, and through portions of Rhenish Prussia, Volume 171853 |
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... village . The S. and E. provinces have an opposite character , being generally more thinly populated , less ... villages . In surveying the general face of the country , and proceeding from west to east , we observe that the coast is ...
... village . The S. and E. provinces have an opposite character , being generally more thinly populated , less ... villages . In surveying the general face of the country , and proceeding from west to east , we observe that the coast is ...
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... villages , half hidden by trees , in the distant highlands . The wild state of nature in the provinces of Namur , Liége , and Luxembourg , the various fossils and mineral products , and the charms of the scenery , have long made this ...
... villages , half hidden by trees , in the distant highlands . The wild state of nature in the provinces of Namur , Liége , and Luxembourg , the various fossils and mineral products , and the charms of the scenery , have long made this ...
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... village of Luingues . Here ( junction of the railway from Tournay ) à change of carriage and an examination of luggage takes place . Travellers for Brussels , viâ Jurbise , also to Namur , should take especial care and get into the ...
... village of Luingues . Here ( junction of the railway from Tournay ) à change of carriage and an examination of luggage takes place . Travellers for Brussels , viâ Jurbise , also to Namur , should take especial care and get into the ...
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... village of Roosbeke , remarkable as the spot where Philip Van Artevelde , the brewer of Ghent , suffered defeat by the French in 1382 , losing his own life , with 20,000 of his countrymen . Shortly after leaving Waereghem the railway ...
... village of Roosbeke , remarkable as the spot where Philip Van Artevelde , the brewer of Ghent , suffered defeat by the French in 1382 , losing his own life , with 20,000 of his countrymen . Shortly after leaving Waereghem the railway ...
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... village of Oudenarde is next crossed by the railway , after which it turns sud- denly to the left , and leaving the line leading to Brussels , arrives at GHENT Station ( French , Gand ; Flemish , Gend ; English , Gaunt , where John of ...
... village of Oudenarde is next crossed by the railway , after which it turns sud- denly to the left , and leaving the line leading to Brussels , arrives at GHENT Station ( French , Gand ; Flemish , Gend ; English , Gaunt , where John of ...
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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.