Chambers's Encyclopædia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for the People, Volume 2J.B. Lippincott & Company, 1870 - Encyclopedias and dictionaries |
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... Flanders , 1,094 1,243 East Flanders , · 1,154 1,430 Liège , 1,111 554,739 Brabant ,. 1,260 839,301 Limbourg , 929 199,242 Luxembourg , 1,695 206,291 1,397 306,975 Total , Namur , 11,313 4,893,021 Liège . Brussels . Hasselt . Arlon ...
... Flanders , 1,094 1,243 East Flanders , · 1,154 1,430 Liège , 1,111 554,739 Brabant ,. 1,260 839,301 Limbourg , 929 199,242 Luxembourg , 1,695 206,291 1,397 306,975 Total , Namur , 11,313 4,893,021 Liège . Brussels . Hasselt . Arlon ...
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... east and north of Belgium . During rye , barley , oats , & c . , leguminous ... Flanders was the gium contains upwards of 7,000,000 acres , of which ... Flanders ; Ghent , in East Flanders ; Brussels , in Brabant ; Mechlin , or Malines ...
... east and north of Belgium . During rye , barley , oats , & c . , leguminous ... Flanders was the gium contains upwards of 7,000,000 acres , of which ... Flanders ; Ghent , in East Flanders ; Brussels , in Brabant ; Mechlin , or Malines ...
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... east , by Louvain , Tirlemont , Liege , Verviers , and extending to the ... Flemish indi- viduality has been driven into the background . An independent ... Flanders ; but after the bril liant epoch of Rubens and his pupils , a long ...
... east , by Louvain , Tirlemont , Liege , Verviers , and extending to the ... Flemish indi- viduality has been driven into the background . An independent ... Flanders ; but after the bril liant epoch of Rubens and his pupils , a long ...
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... east from Dunkirk . It is situated on the Colme , at the foot of a hill ... Flanders ; and Baldwin IV . erected a splendid abbey , of which two towers ... east of Madras , and 325 to the south - west of Calcutta . The cantonments , them ...
... east from Dunkirk . It is situated on the Colme , at the foot of a hill ... Flanders ; and Baldwin IV . erected a splendid abbey , of which two towers ... east of Madras , and 325 to the south - west of Calcutta . The cantonments , them ...
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... Flanders , under Marshal Luxembourg , and afterwards under the Duke of Burgundy and Marshal Villeroi . In 1706 , he ... east - north - east of Edinburgh . Corn is exported from it , and it is frequented as a bathing- place . It unites ...
... Flanders , under Marshal Luxembourg , and afterwards under the Duke of Burgundy and Marshal Villeroi . In 1706 , he ... east - north - east of Edinburgh . Corn is exported from it , and it is frequented as a bathing- place . It unites ...
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