Bradshaw's illustrated hand-book for travellers in Belgium, on the Rhine, and through portions of Rhenish Prussia, Bind 331853 |
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Side xxii
... Roman Catholics ; the Protestants are about 15,000 ; Jews , 3,000 . The population of the largest towns ( 1886 ) , besides those mentioned above , is as follows : -Malines , 48,460 ; Louvain , 38,374 ; Verviers , 46,329 ; Tournay ...
... Roman Catholics ; the Protestants are about 15,000 ; Jews , 3,000 . The population of the largest towns ( 1886 ) , besides those mentioned above , is as follows : -Malines , 48,460 ; Louvain , 38,374 ; Verviers , 46,329 ; Tournay ...
Side 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 ...
Side 3
... Roman Catholics , and in it Iwas educated the famous agitator , the late 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 ...
... Roman Catholics , and in it Iwas educated the famous agitator , the late 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 ...
Side 4
... 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 ...
Side 5
... 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 Aix-la-Chapelle altar ancient Antwerp architecture Baths beautiful Belgian Belgium Bradshaw's bridge Bruges Brussels building built canal castle Cathedral celebrated centre century chapel Charleroi Château choir Church of St CLASS HOTEL Coblenz Cologne contains Counts of Flanders crosses Dinant Duke Duke of Brabant Dutch Emperor English erected established excursion feet high Flanders Flemish formerly France French garden German Ghent Gothic GRAND HOTEL handsome hill Holland inhabitants King left bank Liége Louvain magnificent manufactures marble Mayence Meuse miles modern Mons monument Moselle Museum Namur Omnibus opposite ornamented Ostend paintings Palace passes picturesque population Prince principal Promenade Proprietor Prussian rail Railway Station remarkable Rhine right bank river road Roman Rooms Route Royal Rubens ruins Saloons Sambre Scheldt side situated splendid statue Steamers Strassburg style Table d'Hôte tion tower Town Hall traveller Trèves valley village West Flanders wine
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Side 30 - 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.
Side 71 - 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 pass'd 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.
Side 67 - 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.
Side 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.
Side 142 - Town, at two minutes' walk from the Station, and close to the House of Parliament. It is surrounded by a beautiful garden, with a large terrace, and commands a full view of the Alps.
Side 142 - Ac.; it is most elegantly furnished. Saloons and large apartments for families. Baths in the Hotel. Carriages. Private dinners and suppers at any hour. Prompt attendance and moderate prices.
Side 71 - ... miles of uninterrupted navigation, from Basle to the sea, and enables the inhabitants of its banks to exchange the rich and various products of its shores; whose cities, famous for commerce, science, and works of strength, which furnish protection to Germany, are also famous as the seats of Roman colonies, and of ecclesiastical councils, and are associated with many of the most important events recorded in the history of mankind...
Side 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...
Side 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.
Side 30 - And they whom human succor could not save, Here, in its precincts, found a hasty grave. And here, on marble tablets, set on high, In English lines by foreign workmen traced, The names familiar to an English eye, Their brethren here the fit memorial placed; Whose unadorned inscriptions briefly tell THEIR GALLANT COMRADES...