Bradshaw's illustrated hand-book for travellers in Belgium, on the Rhine, and through portions of Rhenish Prussia, Volume 31856 |
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Abbey altar ancient Antwerp architecture arrive Baden beautiful Belgian Belgium Bingen bridge Bruges Brussels building built called canal castle Cathedral celebrated centre century chapel Charleroi château choir Church of St Coblenz Cologne contains crosses distance Duke East Flanders edifice Emperor English erected excursion feet formerly France French gardens Genappe Germany Ghent Gothic Grand hill Hotel Hôtel de Ville inhabitants interesting Jurbise King left bank Liége London Louvain magnificent Mannheim manufacture marble Mayence Meuse miles Mons monument Moselle mountains Namur ornamented Ostend paintings palace Paris pass passport picturesque population present Prince principal promenade Prussia remarkable residence Rhine right bank river road rock Roman Route 18 Rubens Rudesheim ruins Sambre scenery Scheldt seen side situated Soignies Spires splendid spot steamer stone Strasburg streets style table d'hôte Theatre tion tourist tower town traveller Treves valley village visitors walls wine
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Page xviii - 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 xviii - The gallery of that city is considered as containing one of the greatest collections of pictures in the world ; but if the works of Rubens were taken from it, I will venture to assert, that this great repository would be reduced to at least half its value. To extend his glory still...
Page 138 - Let me rather eat dry bread at a king's table than feast at the board of an elector ;" and it seemed as if some avenging demon hovered in the air, to take her literally at her word, for she and her family lived to eat dry bread — ay, and to beg it before they ate it ; but she would be a queen.
Page 89 - ... 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...
Page xx - ... 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 of the neighbouring nations.