Bradshaw's illustrated hand-book for travellers in Belgium, on the Rhine, and through portions of Rhenish Prussia, Volume 421853 |
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Page xxii
... Roman Catholics ; the Protestants are about 10,000 ; Jews , 4,000 . The population of the largest towns ( 1890 ) , besides those mentioned above , is as follows : -Malines , 50,962 ; Louvain , 40,625 ; Verviers , 50,223 ; Tournai ...
... Roman Catholics ; the Protestants are about 10,000 ; Jews , 4,000 . The population of the largest towns ( 1890 ) , besides those mentioned above , is as follows : -Malines , 50,962 ; Louvain , 40,625 ; Verviers , 50,223 ; Tournai ...
Page xxviii
... Roman Catholic , and that faith is the religion of the State . Every other form of faith has free exercise . RAILWAYS . — Belgium is the first State in Europe in which a system of railways has been planned and executed partly at the ...
... Roman Catholic , and that faith is the religion of the State . Every other form of faith has free exercise . RAILWAYS . — Belgium is the first State in Europe in which a system of railways has been planned and executed partly at the ...
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... Roman Catholics , and in it was educated the famous agitator , Daniel O'Connell . Considerable trade is done in linens and pipes , and eggs and fruit are exported to England . French Reformed Church , in the Rue Taviel ; service every ...
... Roman Catholics , and in it was educated the famous agitator , Daniel O'Connell . Considerable trade is done in linens and pipes , and eggs and fruit are exported to England . French Reformed Church , in the Rue Taviel ; service every ...
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... Roman Catholic priests for England and Ireland have been educated . Daniel O'Connell also studied here . A good trade in flax is carried on . Here the Northern of France Railway divides into two branches , the one proceeding to join the ...
... Roman Catholic priests for England and Ireland have been educated . Daniel O'Connell also studied here . A good trade in flax is carried on . Here the Northern of France Railway divides into two branches , the one proceeding to join the ...
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... Romans . The first cloths were made here in 1268 , and two hundred years afterwards it contained 6,000 weavers . It is still famous for its manufacture of table linen and other damask , though no longer possessing any monopoly in these ...
... Romans . The first cloths were made here in 1268 , and two hundred years afterwards it contained 6,000 weavers . It is still famous for its manufacture of table linen and other damask , though no longer possessing any monopoly in these ...
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Abbey ancient Antwerp architecture Baden Baths beautiful Belgian Belgium Bradshaw's branch bridge Bruges Brussels building built called canal castle Cathedral celebrated centre century chapel Charlemagne Charleroi Château choir Church of St Coblenz Cologne contains Counts of Flanders Courtrai crosses Dinant Duke Dutch edifice Electric Light Emperor English erected excursion feet high finest FIRST-CLASS HOTEL Flanders Flemish formerly France French gardens German Ghent Gothic GRAND HOTEL hill Holland inhabitants left bank Liége Louvain magnificent Mannheim Mayence Meuse miles modern monument Moselle mountains Museum Namur opposite ornamented Ostend paintings Palace passes picturesque population Prince principal Proprietor Prussian rail Railway Station remarkable residence Rhine right bank river road Roman Rooms Rotterdam Route Royal Rubens ruins Scheldt side situated Spires splendid statue Steamers Strassburg style table d'hôte tion Tournai tower traveller Trèves valley village West Flanders wine
Popular passages
Page 42 - There have been tears and breaking hearts for thee, And mine were nothing, had I such to give; But when I stood beneath the fresh green tree, Which living waves where thou didst cease to live, And saw around me the wide field revive With fruits and fertile promise, and the Spring Come forth her work of gladness to contrive, With all her reckless birds upon the wing, I turn'd from all she brought to those she could not bring.
Page 36 - And Ardennes waves above them her green leaves, Dewy with nature's tear-drops as they pass, Grieving, if aught inanimate e'er grieves, Over the unreturning brave, - alas! 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 xxvi - Rubens stands in the esteem of the world is alone a sufficient reason for some examination of his pretensions. His fame is extended over a great part of the Continent, without a rival: and it may be justly said that he has enriched his...
Page xxvi - ... left, but by what some would think a more solid advantage, — the wealth arising from the concourse of strangers whom his works continually invite to Antwerp.
Page 81 - As it flows down from the distant ridges of the Alps, through fertile regions into the open sea, so it comes down from remote antiquity, associated in every age with momentous events in the history of the neighbouring nations.
Page 184 - Now surrounded by its own beautiful Park. Open all the Year. Charges Strictly Moderate. Special arrangements for a prolonged stay. PENSION. TABLE D'HOTE AT 1 AND 6 O'CLOCK.
Page xxviii - Belgium is the first State in Europe in which a general system of railways has been planned and executed by the government, at the public cost ; and, certainly, it is an honorable distinction to have given the first example of such a national and systematic provision of the means of rapid communication.
Page 42 - 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.
Page 185 - Beautiful First Class Establishment is the most important and the best situated, opposite the Central station, it has been entirely refurnished and fitted with the most recent improvements. Vast Terrace.