Bradshaw's illustrated hand-book for travellers in Belgium, on the Rhine, and through portions of Rhenish Prussia, Volume 171853 |
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Page 35
... stands on an elevated spot by itself , and commands the admira- tion of all visitors . The structure was commenced in 1401 , and finished in 1411 , after the plan of an architect called Van Ruysbroeck , and is built in the Lombardo ...
... stands on an elevated spot by itself , and commands the admira- tion of all visitors . The structure was commenced in 1401 , and finished in 1411 , after the plan of an architect called Van Ruysbroeck , and is built in the Lombardo ...
Page 39
... stands on the site of the Hotel de Cuylembourg , close to the Place Petit Sablon . In the reign of Philip the II . the Protestant Confederates met in this hotel , and in it prepared , in 1566 , the petition called the " Request . " On ...
... stands on the site of the Hotel de Cuylembourg , close to the Place Petit Sablon . In the reign of Philip the II . the Protestant Confederates met in this hotel , and in it prepared , in 1566 , the petition called the " Request . " On ...
Page 44
... stands Waterloo , as before - mentioned . Mont St. Jean . - This hamlet , which , as before- mentioned , is more than a mile from Waterloo , at a place where the road divides into two branches , of which that on the left leads to ...
... stands Waterloo , as before - mentioned . Mont St. Jean . - This hamlet , which , as before- mentioned , is more than a mile from Waterloo , at a place where the road divides into two branches , of which that on the left leads to ...
Page 49
... stand- ing among valuable quarries of blue limestone . After leaving the station , a fine viaduct of nine arches is passed . The church of the village of Marché - les - Ecausines contains some exceedingly curious tombs . Passing through ...
... stand- ing among valuable quarries of blue limestone . After leaving the station , a fine viaduct of nine arches is passed . The church of the village of Marché - les - Ecausines contains some exceedingly curious tombs . Passing through ...
Page 55
... in the modern taste , stands on a very extensive terrace . The bastions in front of it , and the brick turret which peers The area occupied by the Seraing Works amounts to 142 Route 9. ] 55 TO BELGIUM AND THE RHINE .
... in the modern taste , stands on a very extensive terrace . The bastions in front of it , and the brick turret which peers The area occupied by the Seraing Works amounts to 142 Route 9. ] 55 TO BELGIUM AND THE RHINE .
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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.