The Contemporary Review, Volume 13A. Strahan, 1870 |
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Page 179
... Mechlin and Antwerp , and continues for three or four minutes to float for miles over the surrounding country . The bells , with their elaborate and complicated striking apparatus , are the life of these old towers - a life that goes on ...
... Mechlin and Antwerp , and continues for three or four minutes to float for miles over the surrounding country . The bells , with their elaborate and complicated striking apparatus , are the life of these old towers - a life that goes on ...
Page 181
... Mechlin , that has stood for cen- turies awaiting its companion , besides many others , with carillons of less importance , can be seen from Antwerp . So these mighty spires , grey and changeless in the high air , seem to hold converse ...
... Mechlin , that has stood for cen- turies awaiting its companion , besides many others , with carillons of less importance , can be seen from Antwerp . So these mighty spires , grey and changeless in the high air , seem to hold converse ...
Page 184
... Mechlin , Ghent , and Antwerp regard their ancient bells , and the intelligent enthusiasm with which they speak of them . Certain bells which we shall have to mention are renowned , not only throughout Belgium , but throughout the ...
... Mechlin , Ghent , and Antwerp regard their ancient bells , and the intelligent enthusiasm with which they speak of them . Certain bells which we shall have to mention are renowned , not only throughout Belgium , but throughout the ...
Page 187
... Mechlin , renowned as was its maker , Peter Van den Gheyn , cracked in 1696 - i.e . , only fifty - eight years after it was made . It was recast by De Haze of Antwerp , and lasted till a few years ago . On the summit of Mechlin tower we ...
... Mechlin , renowned as was its maker , Peter Van den Gheyn , cracked in 1696 - i.e . , only fifty - eight years after it was made . It was recast by De Haze of Antwerp , and lasted till a few years ago . On the summit of Mechlin tower we ...
Page 188
... Mechlin . Other obscure names occur here and there in the numberless belfries of this land of bells , but the carillon of Bruges ( which , by the way , is a fac - simile of the Antwerp carillon , and consists of forty bells and one ...
... Mechlin . Other obscure names occur here and there in the numberless belfries of this land of bells , but the carillon of Bruges ( which , by the way , is a fac - simile of the Antwerp carillon , and consists of forty bells and one ...
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