Download or read book Belgium Italy and Switzerland Classic Reprint written by George Edmundson and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-06 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Belgium, Italy, and Switzerland The internal history Of the Belgic provinces has little to record during this long period in which the ambition Of Louis XIV. To possess himself Of the Netherlands, in right Of his wife the infanta Maria Theresa, led to a series Of invasions and desolating wars. The French king managed to incorporate a large Slice Of territory upon his northern frontier, but his main Object was baffled by the steady resistance and able statesmanship Of William III. Of England and Holland. Meanwhile from 1692 onwards brighter prospects were Opened out to the unfortunate Belgians by the nomination by the Spanish king Of Maximilian Emanuel, elector Of Bavaria, to be governor-general with well-nigh sovereign powers. The elector had himself a claim to the inheritance as the husband Of an Austrian arch duchess, whose mother, the infanta Margaret, was the younger sister Of the French queen. Maximilian Emanuel was an able man, who did his utmost to improve the condition Of the country. He attempted to promote trade and restore prosperity to the impoverished land by the introduction Of new customs, laws and other measures, and particularly by the construction Of canals to counteract the damage done to Belgian commerce by the closing Of the Scheldt. The position Of the elector was greatly strengthened by the partition treaty Of the r9th Of August 1698. Under this instrument the signatory powers - England; France and Holland - agreed that on the demise of Charles II. The crown prince Of Bavaria under his father's guardianship Should be sovereign Of Spain, Belgium and Spanish America. Charles II. Himself shortly afterwards by will appointed the Bavarian prince heir to all his dominions. The death Of the infant heir a few months later (6th Of February 1699) un fortunately destroyed any prospects Of a peaceable settlement Of the Spanish Succession. Charles II. Was persuaded to name as his sole successor, Philip duke Of Anjou, the second son of the dauphin, and on his death (on the Ist November I 700) Louis XIV. Took immediate ste s to support his grandson's claims, in spite of his formal renunciation Of such claims nu er the treaty Of the Pyrenees. England and Holland were determined to prevent, however, at all costs the acquisition Of Belgium by a French prince, and a coalition, known as the Grand Alliance, was formed between these two powers and the empire to uphold the claims Of the archduke Charles, second son Of the emperor. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Download or read book Notes of a Ramble Through France Italy Switzerland Germany Holland and Belgium written by and published by . This book was released on 2015-08-08 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Notes of a Ramble Through France, Italy, Switzerland, Germany, Holland, and Belgium: And of a Visit to the Scenes of the Lady of the Lake About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Download or read book Rambles in Historic Lands written by Peter J. Hamilton and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-05 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Rambles in Historic Lands: Travels in Belgium, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, France and England It has not been thought necessary to cite authorities, for while the authors to whom the book is indebted are many they are mainly such as are familiar to most peo ple of general information. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Download or read book A Canadian in Europe written by WILLIAM H. WITHROW and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-06 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from A Canadian in Europe: Being Sketches of Travel in France, Italy, Switzerland, Germany, Holland and Belgium, Great Britain and Ireland Page. Getting one's Sea Legs - Sunday Service - In a Gale - The Giants' About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Download or read book Letters from Italy Switzerland and Germany Classic Reprint written by Virginia Carroll Pemberton and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-04 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Letters From Italy, Switzerland and Germany Our little friend Barron, six years of age, delights to hear about my beautiful trip to Europe, but he invariably closes our tete-a-tete saying, emphatically and defiantly, "But there's nothing in Europe as good as America." I commend his patriotism, yet am pleased that more than once he has asked his mother to carry him to Europe "to see St. Peter's, the Sea of Ice, and that big St. Bernard dog." It is with the hope of giving pleasure to many young friends, also those of larger growth, that this little volume is published. I would that it might even strengthen the desire of some people unto determination to see the invaluable art-treasures and to enjoy the charming scenery of Europe, enhanced by association with the heroic deeds and beautiful romances of many centuries. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Download or read book Loiterings in Europe written by John W. Corson and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-01-13 with total page 406 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Loiterings in Europe: Or Sketches of Travel in France, Belgium, Switzerland, Italy, Austria, Prussia, Great Britain, and Ireland The reasons for publishing, on the present occasion, are so much like those of other people who have written similar books, that, to prevent repetition, the author takes the liberty of referring for them to some other preface. One or two fea tures in the work, however, seem to require a few words of explanation. It has been rather the result of accident than otherwise. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Download or read book The Foreign Tour of Messrs Brown Jones and Robinson written by Richard Doyle and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-11-12 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Foreign Tour of Messrs. Brown, Jones and Robinson: Being the History of What They Saw and Did in Belgium, Germany, Switzerland and Italy Robinson and jones (alarmed BY expression or brown's tee matter Now? Brown (in A voice OF left the m or MY bag AT home! About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Download or read book Two Years in Switzerland and Italy Vol 1 of 2 Classic Reprint written by Fredrika Bremer and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-03-19 with total page 430 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Two Years in Switzerland and Italy, Vol. 1 of 2 This somebody I had hitherto had, but now! My first inquiring glance found - empty space; but my second showed me thee, my R. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Download or read book A Picturesque Tour in Picturesque Lands written by L. G. Seguin and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-04 with total page 594 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from A Picturesque Tour in Picturesque Lands: France, Spain, Germany, Switzerland, Holland, Belgium, Tyrol, Italy, Scandinavia They are so near to us, and so associated with our every-day lives, that, without knowing them, we should be inclined to think that they must be just as we are, - that only the most trifling differences could exist in the habits and ideas Of nations which lie almost within sight of one another. Yet such is not, by any means, the case. And the most travelled among us, if he can look back to his first outset from home, it may be in the far away days of his youth, - to his first uneasy, half. Timid, more than half-miserable, and yet Wholly delightful transit across Channel, will admit that, among all the new sensations which he has experienced in his way about the world, this first landing upon French soil actually embodied a more thorough notion Of Mange than anything which it has been his fortune Since to feel. Something of this may, Of course, be attributable to the freshness Of the youthful feeling which sees wonders for the first time, and to the importance Of the first step which has proverbially cost SO much. Yet it is true that he who has set foot, almost within sight Of the White cliffs of England, in one Of the most frequented and Anglicized Of French ports, may well feel himself to have been a traveller in strange lands and among strange peoples. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Download or read book The Tourist in Switzerland and Italy written by Thomas Roscoe and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-03-03 with total page 390 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Tourist in Switzerland and Italy: By Thomas Roscoe, Illustrated From Drawings by S. Prout No, never Shall I lose the trace Of what I've felt in this bright place; And should my Spirit's hope grow weak. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Download or read book Handbook for European Tourists Through Belgium Holland the Rhine Germany Switzerland Italy and France written by Francis Coghlan and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-22 with total page 986 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Handbook for European Tourists Through Belgium, Holland, the Rhine, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, and France: Including a Full Description of Paris, the Channel Islands, the Fashionable Continental Spas In the compilation, however, I have not had the good fortune to be aided by the hints or suggestions of numerous travellers. The golden idea of an author inviting travellers to correct faulty Guide books originated with Mr Murray. NO plan could be cheaper or better calculated to render second editions, What few first editions are, correct; and the evident improvements which have resulted tempts me to solicit the kind offices of my readers in the words of the writer of the Hand-books. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Download or read book Letters From Switzerland and Italy written by and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-12-19 with total page 488 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Letters From Switzerland and Italy: During a Late Tour Unfavourable Weather. - English Captain resident at Hasli - His fondness for chamois-hunting.-forest Scenery. Bernese Peasantry. - A magnanimous Bear. The Englishman's Mountain. - Sunset in Winter. The Valley between the Lakes of Thun and Brienz. - Night. The Jungfrau. The Mountain Spirits. Dreary Chateau inhabited by a friend of the author's.-delights of Authorship 16. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Download or read book Scenes and Impressions in Switzerland and the North of Italy written by David Thomas Kerr Drummond and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-01-25 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Scenes and Impressions in Switzerland and the North of Italy: Taken From the Notes of a Pour Months Tour During the Summer of 1852, Together With Some Preliminary Remarks on the Religious State of These Countries It certainly appears a bold thing to publish a journal, at this time of day, regarding countries, every nook and corner of which have been ransacked by numberless travellers, and all valuable and inter esting information about which has already been recorded. Still I can find some excuses for my temerity. My first is in the partiality of my friends, whose interest will be called forth by the following pages, because they are interested in the author. My next is, in the fact, that in these days, when the ends of the earth are brought to gether, and accounts of the most distant and hitherto inaccessible countries are multiplied, some passing reference to nearer scenes, be ginning to be overlooked and almost forgotten, might perhaps revive a transient interest in the latter -while my last excuse is derived from that which, at first sight, would appear to make it inexcusable. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Download or read book Two Years in Switzerland and Italy Vol 2 of 2 Classic Reprint written by Fredrika Bremer and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-10-18 with total page 492 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Two Years in Switzerland and Italy, Vol. 2 of 2 I fetched away from Madame B.'s my young coun try woman, Jenny Lind, who is not however our great artist, Jenny Lind, with the glorious voice, but a good girl, true, handsome, and blooming as a Hebe, as are many Swedish girls. We obtained two most charm ing little rooms, with mosaic oors, and the most lovely view over the harbor and the great ocean, in the Hotel de Ville, up four ights of steps. It was rather high, but the steps are of white marble, and convenient. The hotel was a Palazzo Grimaldi, and one is willing to ascend somewhat aloft to have such air and such a view. Jenny, I, and one of the young Norwegians, who accompanied me hither, spent the evening comfortably with a tea-supper, conversing before the open glass-doors of the balcony, and with a' view over the sea and the vast horizon, which was lit up every minute with grand lightning ashes without thunder. The air was refreshing and pleasant. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."

Download or read book Scenes and Sketches in Continental Europe written by Robert Sears and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-03-05 with total page 552 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Scenes and Sketches in Continental Europe: Embracing Descriptions of France, Portugal, Spain, Italy, Sicily, Switzerland, Belgium, and Holland, Together With Interesting Notices of Their Principal Cities and Towns It needs no new recapitulation of historical facts, t to throw an interest around the city of Brussels. The plains of Brahan t, with the dark forest of Soignies supposed to be a remnant of that of Ardennes, immortal in Shakspere's As you like and the little villages of quatre-bras, St. Jean, La Belle Alliance, and Waterloo, which surround it on the south and southwest, within a few leagues, have been, since the memorable eighteenth of June, 1815, indissolubly associated with one of the greatest political and poetical crises of modern times. Brussels still rings with its sound of revelry by night, and amid all changes holds its place as one of the gayest and most elegant cities of the old world. It now stands as the capital of a new kingdom, built up in the very heart of Europe, amid the jarring jealousies of the other powerful'and time-beaten empires. 'the state of Belgium, for four centuries subjected to other powers, has achieved its independence, claimed its individual nationality, and founded a constitutional monarchy, under which religious liberty, the freedom of the press, liberty of instruction, personal lib etty, and the right of petition, are guarantied to the citizen. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Download or read book Guide Through Germany Austria Hungary Switzerland Italy France Belgium Holland the United Kingdom Spain Portugal c written by Hamburg-American Line and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-12-12 with total page 990 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Guide Through Germany, Austria-Hungary, Switzerland, Italy, France, Belgium, Holland, the United Kingdom, Spain, Portugal, &C: Souvenir of the Hamburg-American Line Of course, in condensing such a mass of details, it is impossible to prevent mistakes from creeping in here and there; and the publisher would be very glad to receive notification of such errors, so that the necessary corrections may be made in succeeding editions. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Download or read book Accounts and Papers Forty Three Volumes written by Great Britain Parliament and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-11-12 with total page 664 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Accounts and Papers, Forty-Three Volumes: State Papers; Argentine; Belgium; France; Greece; Italy; Mexico; Netherlands; Salvador; Spain; Switzerland; Session 21 February 1889-30 August 1889; Vol. LXXXVI Netherlands respecting Telegraphic Correspondence exchanged between those Countries. Signed at London, auth March 1889. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.