Belgium, Volumen2R. Bentley, 1841 |
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... less tables of lapis lazuli and malachite , one of which has been estimated , I know not how correctly , at 500,000 francs , and ano- ther at three times that sum . They were presents from the Emperor of Russia to his sister the ...
... less tables of lapis lazuli and malachite , one of which has been estimated , I know not how correctly , at 500,000 francs , and ano- ther at three times that sum . They were presents from the Emperor of Russia to his sister the ...
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... for instance , are the lowest in the list , and their peasantry pay but twenty florins , or something less than twenty shillings a - year ; whilst in Limbourg , the qualification is 12 PICTURE OF WATERLOO . twenty - five , and.
... for instance , are the lowest in the list , and their peasantry pay but twenty florins , or something less than twenty shillings a - year ; whilst in Limbourg , the qualification is 12 PICTURE OF WATERLOO . twenty - five , and.
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... less surprising than its airy and graceful lightness . It tapers up arch above arch , not in solid masonry , but pierced with innumerable openings , through which the clear blue sky is seen through the gothic net - work of its minarets ...
... less surprising than its airy and graceful lightness . It tapers up arch above arch , not in solid masonry , but pierced with innumerable openings , through which the clear blue sky is seen through the gothic net - work of its minarets ...
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... less agreeable , than it might have been , had we seen it under the influence of light and sunshine . Antwerp like all its fellow cities in Bel- gium , boasts an origin of obscure antiquity , so remote as the fifth or sixth century , it ...
... less agreeable , than it might have been , had we seen it under the influence of light and sunshine . Antwerp like all its fellow cities in Bel- gium , boasts an origin of obscure antiquity , so remote as the fifth or sixth century , it ...
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... less than 1400 sail . From the events of 1830 , and their re- sults , Antwerp never has , and never can , thoroughly recover . For some years after the Repeal of the Union , her quays and har- bour were literally motionless and empty ...
... less than 1400 sail . From the events of 1830 , and their re- sults , Antwerp never has , and never can , thoroughly recover . For some years after the Repeal of the Union , her quays and har- bour were literally motionless and empty ...
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Página 18 - O, woman ! in our hours of ease, Uncertain, coy, and hard to please, And variable as the shade By the light quivering aspen made ; When pain and anguish wring the brow, A ministering angel thou...
Página 213 - I have not made up my mind whether it is not ' better to bear the ills we have than fly to others we know not of.
Página 57 - His station is there ; and he works on the crowd, He sways them with harmony merry and loud ; He fills with his power all their hearts to the brim — Was aught ever heard like his fiddle and him ? What an eager assembly ! what an empire is this ! The weary have life, and the hungry have bliss ; The mourner is cheered, and the anxious have rest : And the guilt-burthened soul is no longer opprest.
Página 57 - The porter sits down on the weight which he bore ; The lass with her barrow wheels hither her store ; If a thief could be here, he might pilfer at ease ; She sees the musician, 'tis all that she sees...
Página 106 - Where should this music be ? i' the air or the earth ? It sounds no more : and, sure, it waits upon Some god o' the island. Sitting on a bank, Weeping again the king my father's wreck, This music crept by me upon the waters, Allaying both their fury and my passion With its sweet air : thence I have follow'd it, Or it hath drawn me rather.
Página 276 - SAR le prince d'Orange, les articles suivants de garantie en faveur de notre sainte religion : " 1° Tous les articles des anciens pactes inauguraux, constitutions, chartes, etc. seront maintenus en ce qui concerne, le libre exercice, les droits, privilèges, exemptions, prérogatives, de la religion catholique. . . . , des évêques, prélats, chapitres, avec cette exception, que le prince souverain et son auguste famille seront libres de professer leur religion et d'en exercer le culte dans leurs...
Página 115 - M. Briavionne,* they exported a million of kilogrammes of cotton goods; in 1834, nine hundred thousand; in 1835, seven ; in 1836, six ; in 1837 upwards of five ; in 1838 and 1839, upwards of four ; a reduction of sixty per cent upon the trade in the short period of six years ! RAILROAD SYSTEM — Belgium, from its geographical position, not less than the extraordinary adaptation of the nature of the surface, seems to have invited the experiment of supplanting the old modes of conveyance, by an uniform...
Página 279 - Jurer de maintenir l'observation d'une loi qui rend tous les sujets du roi, de quelque croyance religieuse qu'ils soient, habiles à posséder toutes les dignités et emplois quelconques, ce serait justifier d'avance et sanctionner les mesures qui pourront être prises pour confier les intérêts de notre sainte religion dans ces provinces, si éminemment catholiques, à des fonctionnaires protestants.
Página 279 - Jurer d'observer et de maintenir une loi qui attribue au souverain, et à un souverain qui ne professe pas notre sainte religion, le droit de régler l'instruction publique, les écoles supérieures, moyennes et inférieures, c'est lui livrer à discrétion l'enseignement public, c'est trahir honteusement les plus chers intérêts de l'église catholique.
Página 39 - ... embargo was terminated by the French in 1794, and Antwerp, under the dominion of France, rose again into new and augmented importance. The period of its union with Holland, however, from 1815 to 1830, may be said to have been the golden age of Antwerp. Its situation for trade is by far more favorable than either Rotterdam or Amsterdam, and being admitted, along with them, to an equal participation in all the resources of the kingdom, it rapidly outstripped them in every department of trade, so...