Download or read book Holland Belgium Switzerland Classic Reprint written by Walter Harold Claflin and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-10 with total page 682 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Holland, Belgium, Switzerland But the policy of C$sar made greater progress than his arms. He had defeated rather than subdued those who had dared the contest. He consolidated his victories without new battles; he offered peace to his enemies, in proposing to them alliance; and he required their aid, as. Friends, to carry on new wars in other lands. He thus attracted toward him, and ranged under his ban ners, not only those people situated to the west of the Rhine and the Meuse, but several other nations more to the north, whose territory he had never seen; and particularly the Batavians - a valiant tribe, stated by various ancient authors, and particularly by Tacitus, as a fraction of the Catti, who occupied the space com prised between these rivers. The young men of these warlike people, dazzled by the splendor of the Roman armies, felt proud and happy in being allowed to identify themselves with them. Caesar encouraged this disposition, and even went so far on some occasions as to deprive the Roman cavalry of their horses, on which he mounted these new allies, who managed them better than the Italian riders. These auxiliaries were chicfly drawn from Hainault, Luxem burg, and the country of the Batavians, and they formed the best cavalry of the Roman armies, as well as their choicest light infantry force. The Batavians also signalized themselves on many occasions by the skill with which they swam across several great rivers with out breaking their squadrons' ranks. They were amply rewarded for their military services and hazardous exploits, and were treated like stanch and valuable allies. But this unequal connection of a mighty empire with a few petty states must have been fatal to the liberty of the weaker party. Its first effect was to destroy all feeling of nationality in a great portion of the population. The young adventurer of this part of the Low Countries, after twenty years of service under the imperial eagles, returned to his native wilds a Roman. The generals of the empire pierced the forests of the Ardennes with causeways, and founded towns in the heart of the country. The result of such innovations was a total amalga mation of the Romans and their new allies, and little by little the national character of the latter became entirely obliterated. 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 Handbook for Travellers on the Continent written by John Murray and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-10-23 with total page 682 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from A Handbook for Travellers on the Continent: Being a Guide to Holland, Belgium, Prussia, Northern Germany, and the Rhine From Holland to Switzerland The writer begs to express his acknowledgments to numerous friends who have favoured him with notes and corrections. This edition has been carefully revised, and several new Travelling have been inserted. 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 Hand Book for Travellers on the Continent written by John Murray and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-05-30 with total page 576 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from A Hand-Book for Travellers on the Continent: Being a Guide Through Holland, Belgium, Prussia and Northern Germany, and Along the Rhine, From Holland to Switzerland The Hand-book fir Switzerland will form a third volume} - the materials for which are already collected. August, 1836. 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 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 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 People and Places Here and There Vol 5 written by Mara Louise Pratt and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-03-16 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from People and Places Here and There, Vol. 5: Northern Europe; Russia, Norway and Sweden, Denmark, Holland, Belgium Russia, Norway, Sweden, British Isles, Denmark, Holland, Belgium, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, France, Spain, Portu gal, Italy, Turkey, Greece, and the Balkan States! 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 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 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 Voltaire in Exile written by Benjamin Gastineau and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-01-31 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Voltaire in Exile: His Life and Works in France and Abroad (England, Holland, Belgium, Prussia, Switzerland); With Unpublished Letters of Voltaire and Mme; Du Chatelet A desire on the occasion of the centenary of Vol taire to pay a tribute to his memory, and a genuine admiration for that master mind of the eighteenth century, have prompted the author of Voltaire in Exile to the writing of these pages. The loyal feel ings of the biographer, so often apt in imparting a bias to his appreciation and sketching of traits, have not been permitted in this case, however, so to tint the lineaments of the philosopher's character that, the defects which stamped him as a man being passed or glossed over, his glowing qualities, unimpeded, might make him appear the greater here. That Vol taire possessed faults cannot be denied. Yet it re dounds to his praise that his faults were rather those of the age than of the man. As much could not be said of many men of less genius and of other ages. 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 Classic Reprint written by Samuel Irenaeus Prime and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-10 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Letters From Switzerland 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 Etc written by Hamburg-American Line and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-11-05 with total page 984 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, Etc: 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. To avoid misunderstanding, it may be stated here that the work has not been written in the interests of advertisers, but for the benefit of passengers crossing to Europe by the boats of the Hamburg American Line. 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 Hints for Six Months in Europe written by John H. B. Latrobe and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-31 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Hints for Six Months in Europe: Being the Programme of a Tour Through Parts of France, Italy, Austria, Saxony, Prussia, the Tyrol, Switzerland, Holland, Belgium, England and Scotland, in the Summer of 1868 The voyage was longer than had been anticipated. The Europe was a slow ship, even with the assistance of a heavy north-wester from the edge of the Gulf Stream to within twenty-four hours of the French coast. But she was staunch and comfortable, having much less motion in a sea-way than the faster-going propellers of the same line: the discipline and service were admirable, and the table was all that could be de sired. The eleven and a half days of the voyage soon slipped by, therefore; and during the latter part, the writer, with the aid of Bradshaw's Continental Guide and the recollections of two previous tours, completed in minute detail the Itinerary, which was subsequently followed with scarcely a deviation. 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 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.
Download or read book The Overall Boys in Switzerland written by Eulalie Osgood Grover and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-07-17 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Overall Boys in Switzerland: A Second Reader It was the first day of summer, and it was the last day of the ocean trip. Jack and Joe, two Overall Boys, had crossed the big Atlantic. They were now sailing into a strange city, in a strange country, with a strange language. The city' was Antwerp. The country was Belgium, and the language was - well, almost anything one cared to speak, French or German or Dutch or English. 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.
