Bradshaw's illustrated hand-book for travellers in Belgium, on the Rhine, and through portions of Rhenish Prussia, Volume 421853 |
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... Cross and Cannon Street , also thrice daily ; arriving at Dover in from 1 to 2 hours . Steamers start from Dover in connection with each train , arriving at Calais in under 2 hours . A Special Express Mail leaves London at 11 a.m. for ...
... Cross and Cannon Street , also thrice daily ; arriving at Dover in from 1 to 2 hours . Steamers start from Dover in connection with each train , arriving at Calais in under 2 hours . A Special Express Mail leaves London at 11 a.m. for ...
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... Cross . The tabernacle a fine piece of carving , by the famous Lefevre , of Tournai ; two bas - reliefs by Godecharles ... crosses the Stype , and , quitting West Flanders , enters into East Flanders , passes Zulte , a town containing ...
... Cross . The tabernacle a fine piece of carving , by the famous Lefevre , of Tournai ; two bas - reliefs by Godecharles ... crosses the Stype , and , quitting West Flanders , enters into East Flanders , passes Zulte , a town containing ...
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... cross borne by our e is a figure of the ich disfigured the St. Bavon without .941 ) , a low subter- is divided into five gs , and containing Van Eyck , and his ted all offers of mar- entirely to this art . is one of the most urned in ...
... cross borne by our e is a figure of the ich disfigured the St. Bavon without .941 ) , a low subter- is divided into five gs , and containing Van Eyck , and his ted all offers of mar- entirely to this art . is one of the most urned in ...
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... Cross , by Rembrandt , which is esteemed the finest production of that artist . Fee to sacristan , who shows the chapels , 1 franc for each person . Open from 10a.m. Entrance , between 10 and 4 , may be gained by knocking at the side ...
... Cross , by Rembrandt , which is esteemed the finest production of that artist . Fee to sacristan , who shows the chapels , 1 franc for each person . Open from 10a.m. Entrance , between 10 and 4 , may be gained by knocking at the side ...
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... cross of the church ; the Apotheosis of St. Catherine in the third chapel , by Crayer , and the Finding of the Cross , by the Empress Helena , whose figure , represented in the picture , was furnished by the Empress Josephine , who sat ...
... cross of the church ; the Apotheosis of St. Catherine in the third chapel , by Crayer , and the Finding of the Cross , by the Empress Helena , whose figure , represented in the picture , was furnished by the Empress Josephine , who sat ...
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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.