Bradshaw's illustrated hand-book for travellers in Belgium, on the Rhine, and through portions of Rhenish Prussia, Volume 201853 |
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... tion of which the kingdom is divided into the 9 provinces above enumerated , 44 arrondissements , 98 towns , and 2,647 rural communes . For military purposes it is divided into 9 commands , corresponding to the 9 provinces ; and ...
... tion of which the kingdom is divided into the 9 provinces above enumerated , 44 arrondissements , 98 towns , and 2,647 rural communes . For military purposes it is divided into 9 commands , corresponding to the 9 provinces ; and ...
Página xxiii
... tion of Antwerp and north - west of Liége . It consists of marshes , desolate moors , peat bogs , and extensive tracts of sand , covered with heath , broom , and firs . Some parts , however , consist of natural prairies , that serve as ...
... tion of Antwerp and north - west of Liége . It consists of marshes , desolate moors , peat bogs , and extensive tracts of sand , covered with heath , broom , and firs . Some parts , however , consist of natural prairies , that serve as ...
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... tion . The Directory was less considerate , and under it the roof was taken off , the building stripped of its fixtures and wood work , which were sold . The work of destruction was completed a few years since by the local authorities ...
... tion . The Directory was less considerate , and under it the roof was taken off , the building stripped of its fixtures and wood work , which were sold . The work of destruction was completed a few years since by the local authorities ...
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... tion and activity imparted by the flourishing state of its manufactories . Its population is chiefly engaged in the manufacturing of linen and cotton threads by machinery , and the bleaching and printing of calicoes . Gand is built on ...
... tion and activity imparted by the flourishing state of its manufactories . Its population is chiefly engaged in the manufacturing of linen and cotton threads by machinery , and the bleaching and printing of calicoes . Gand is built on ...
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... tion of the river , and so cut off all supplies from the besieged city , which chiefly caused it to surrender . A foreign engineer , residing at Antwerp , in- vented fire - ships , which were sent against the bridge and blew up one of ...
... tion of the river , and so cut off all supplies from the besieged city , which chiefly caused it to surrender . A foreign engineer , residing at Antwerp , in- vented fire - ships , which were sent against the bridge and blew up one of ...
Palavras e frases frequentes
Abbey accommodation altar ancient Antwerp Apartments Baden Baths beautiful Belgian Belgium Bruges Brussels building built canal Carriages castle Cathedral celebrated centre century chapel Charleroi château choir Church of St Coblenz Cologne comfort commands contains Counts of Flanders Courtray crosses dinner Duke East Flanders Emperor English spoken English travellers erected establishment excellent feet first-class first-class Hotel first-rate Flanders formerly France French garden German Ghent Gothic GRAND HOTEL Hans Hemling hill Holland inhabitants Liége magnificent Mayence Meuse miles moderate charges monument Moselle mountains Namur o'clock Omnibuses opposite Ostend OTEL paintings Palace Paris passes Pension picturesque population Prince principal Promenade Proprietor Prussia rail Railway Station remarkable residence Rhine right bank river road Roman Rooms Route Royal Rubens ruins Saloon Scheldt side single gentlemen situated splendid Steamers streets style Table d'Hôte Theatre tion Tournay tower town Trèves valley village visitors wine
Passagens conhecidas
Página 39 - 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 turned from all she brought to those she could not bring.
Página 35 - 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.
Página 70 - DIARRHOEA, and is the only specific in CHOLERA and DYSENTERY. CHLORODYNE effectually cuts short all attacks of Epilepsy, Hysteria, Palpitation, and Spasms. CHLORODYNE is the only palliative in Neuralgia, Rheumatism, Gout, Cancer, Toothache, Meningitis, &c.
Página 91 - 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...
Página 87 - And there they stand, as stands a lofty mind, Worn, but unstooping to the baser crowd, All tenantless, save to the crannying Wind, Or holding dark communion with the Cloud. There was a day when they were young and proud ; Banners on high, and battles passed below ; But they who fought are in a bloody shroud, And those which waved are shredless dust ere now, And the bleak battlements shall bear no future blow.
Página 186 - LANGE, Proprietor. This Hotel is in the best situation of the town. near the Promenade, the King's Theatre, the Museum, &c.; it is most elegantly furnished, and offers good accommodation for all classes of travellers.
Página 80 - There are rivers, whose course is longer, and whose volume of water is greater, but none which unites almost every thing that can render an earthly object magnificent and charming, in the same degree as the Rhine. 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...
Página 70 - ADVICE TO INVALIDS.— If you wish to obtain quiet, refreshing sleep, free from headache, relief from pain and anguish, to calm and assuage the weary achings of protracted disease, invigorate the nervous...
Página 70 - CHLORODYNE effectually checks and arrests those too often fatal diseases : Diphtheria, Fever, Croup, Ague. CHLORODYNE acts like a charm in Diarrhoea, and is the only specific in Cholera and Dysentery CHLORODYNE effectually cuts short all attacks of Epilepsy, Hysteria, Palpitation and Spasms.
Página 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...