Bradshaw's hand-book to Brittany, Volume 14 |
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Page 65 - ROWLANDS' ODONTO, Or Pearl Dentifrice, a white powder compounded of the choicest and most fragrant exotics. It bestows on the Teeth a Pearl-like Whiteness, frees them from Tartar, and imparts to the Gums a healthy firmness, and to the Breath a pleasing fragrance. Price 2s. 9d. per box. Sold by all Chemists aud Perfumers.
Page 31 - ... army had quitted their tents, and were come to the assault, she immediately descended, mounted her horse, armed as she was, collected three hundred horsemen, sallied out at their head by another gate that was not attacked, and, galloping up to the tents of her enemies, cut them down, and set them on fire, without any loss, for there were only servants and boys, who fled upon her approach. As soon as the French saw their camp on fire, and heard the cries, they immediately hastened thither, bawling...
Page 65 - ROWLANDS' KALYDOR both cooling and refreshing to the face and skin. It allays all heat and irritability of the skin, eradicates eruptions, freckles, tan, and discolourations, and realises a clear and healthy complexion. ROWLANDS' MACASSAR OIL An invigorator and beautifier of the hair beyond all precedent. ROWLANDS...
Page 14 - CARL WEISS, Proprietor. THIS first-rate establishment, situated near the great Public Promenade, combines comfort with elegance, and has the advantage of possessing a spacious and beautiful garden. Two superior Table d'Hotes daily. Private Dinners at any hour. During the Winter, board and lodging at very moderate prices.
Page 63 - Is the best and only certain remedy ever discovered for preserving, strengthening, beautifying, or restoring the HAIR, WHISKERS, OR MOUSTACHES, And preventing them turning grey.
Page 20 - THIS is the forest primeval. The murmuring pines and the hemlocks, Bearded with moss, and in garments green, indistinct in the twilight, Stand like Druids of eld, with voices sad and prophetic, Stand like harpers hoar, with beards that rest on their bosoms.
Page 1 - GRAND HOTEL DB ROME, under the Tilleuls, 39, corner of Charlotten Street. This great and beautiful Hotel, the largest and best situated of the capital, combines real English comfort with reasonable prices, and is kept in a very fashionable manner. Two hundred Rooms, Twenty-five Saloons, Three large Dining Rooms for more than COO persons, Reading Rooms, supplied with all foreign Newspapers. Music Saloon, and Conversation Room, «fcc. Restaurant "a la Francaise.