The continent in 1835, sketches in Belgium, Germany, Switzerland, Savoy, and France1836 |
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... centuries , Bruges was the mart of nations ; and during the period of its prosperity , a forest of shipping might be seen in its port of Sluys . It was a leading city of the Hanseatic league , which was a confederation of sixty towns ...
... centuries , Bruges was the mart of nations ; and during the period of its prosperity , a forest of shipping might be seen in its port of Sluys . It was a leading city of the Hanseatic league , which was a confederation of sixty towns ...
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... century , could have ventured on such a command , but either the Czar of all the Russias , from his icy palace on the Neva ; or the Turk under the sanction of the scymitar and the holy crescent ; —or Buonaparte himself ! We visited the ...
... century , could have ventured on such a command , but either the Czar of all the Russias , from his icy palace on the Neva ; or the Turk under the sanction of the scymitar and the holy crescent ; —or Buonaparte himself ! We visited the ...
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... centuries ago , good Bishop Hall thought himself in danger , at Antwerp , in gaz- ing on a procession of holy fathers , in consequence of his willing unreverence ; ' had not , as he says , ' the hulk of a tall Brabanter * shadowed ' him ...
... centuries ago , good Bishop Hall thought himself in danger , at Antwerp , in gaz- ing on a procession of holy fathers , in consequence of his willing unreverence ; ' had not , as he says , ' the hulk of a tall Brabanter * shadowed ' him ...
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... century , is coeval with that of the decay of the commerce of what was once the paragon of cities . The Exchange , which furnished the model of that of London , was built at the be- ginning of the same century . When the trade of Bruges ...
... century , is coeval with that of the decay of the commerce of what was once the paragon of cities . The Exchange , which furnished the model of that of London , was built at the be- ginning of the same century . When the trade of Bruges ...
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... century , the Scheldt often bore on its bosom , at the same time , two thousand sail of merchantmen ; and it was not ... centuries but the shadow of her former self . The cathedral is a magnificent gothic pile , of vast dimensions , with ...
... century , the Scheldt often bore on its bosom , at the same time , two thousand sail of merchantmen ; and it was not ... centuries but the shadow of her former self . The cathedral is a magnificent gothic pile , of vast dimensions , with ...
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