The continent in 1835, sketches in Belgium, Germany, Switzerland, Savoy, and France1836 |
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... thing but the accent of happy , cheerful piety : it was like the mechanical responses of charity children , but vastly more plaintive ; and we fancied that these poor recluses could not fail to draw many a painful contrast between their ...
... thing but the accent of happy , cheerful piety : it was like the mechanical responses of charity children , but vastly more plaintive ; and we fancied that these poor recluses could not fail to draw many a painful contrast between their ...
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... thing but Flemish . The number of priests seen walking in the streets of this city , the very marked appearance which their black robes and cocked hats give to them , their courtly and perpetual bows to the citizens , and their ...
... thing but Flemish . The number of priests seen walking in the streets of this city , the very marked appearance which their black robes and cocked hats give to them , their courtly and perpetual bows to the citizens , and their ...
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... thing , whether sacred or profane , is made to bow before the great Dagon ; but the style of transacting business in the capital of Belgium would seem to be rather different , and the reign of Plutus somewhat less absolute . Having ...
... thing , whether sacred or profane , is made to bow before the great Dagon ; but the style of transacting business in the capital of Belgium would seem to be rather different , and the reign of Plutus somewhat less absolute . Having ...
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... streets are narrow and crooked , those in the neighbourhood of the Park are straight and spacious ; and in this modern quarter there reigns an air of taste and elegance far beyond any thing we had seen in Belgium . 38 BRUSSELS .
... streets are narrow and crooked , those in the neighbourhood of the Park are straight and spacious ; and in this modern quarter there reigns an air of taste and elegance far beyond any thing we had seen in Belgium . 38 BRUSSELS .
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John Hoppus. far beyond any thing we had seen in Belgium . The Place Royale , is a very handsome , uniform square , containing some superb hotels , and other fine buildings . Brussels has little of that aspect of decayed grandeur which ...
John Hoppus. far beyond any thing we had seen in Belgium . The Place Royale , is a very handsome , uniform square , containing some superb hotels , and other fine buildings . Brussels has little of that aspect of decayed grandeur which ...
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