Bridge of Sighs
a bridge of Venice spanning a narrow canal between the ducal palace and the prison. It was constructed in 1597. It is a graceful structure over thirty feet above the water. It is inclosed at the side, and has two arched passageways through which prisoners were conveyed to trial or led to execution. See Venice I stood in Venice on the Bridge of Sighs, A palace and a prison on each hand. --Byron, Childe Harold. 2026 Editor's Note: The romantic name is not old: Byron coined it, imagining prisoners sighing at their last glimpse of Venice — though the cells it served held mostly petty offenders. The name proved irresistible and was borrowed for covered bridges at Oxford and Cambridge, and a modern legend now has it that lovers kissing beneath it at sunset are granted eternal love. (Ed: BR 2026-07-15)
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Bridge of Sighs
a bridge in Venice, spanning the Rio della Paglia the ducal palace with and connecting the prisons. It dates back to 1597 and forms a graceful arch 32 feet above the water, inclosed at the sides and arched overhead. It contains two passages, through which prisoners were led for trial, judgment or punishment.
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VENICE The St. Louis bridge, across the Mississippi river, from St. Louis, Mo., to East St. Louis, Ill., is regarded as one of the greatest triumphs of American engineering. It was designed by James B. Eads; was begun in 1869, and was completed in 1874. Several bridges have been constructed as war memorials. A notable one is the State Soldiers' and Sailors' memorial bridge at Harrisburg, Pa., built at a cost of over $2,000,000, and completed in 1919. Besides the bridges here enumerated, there are many other notable specimens of bridge architecture in this country. BRIDGE, SIR FREDERICK, an English organist and composer, born in Old- こころって it 11114 Turi 1- ミ 100 ミ bury, Worcestershire, Dec. 5, 1844; was organist of Trinity Church, Windsor, Manchester Cathedral, and, since 1875, full organist of Westminster Abbey. He wrote the oratorio, "Mount Moriah," the cantata, "Boadicea," the cantata, "Callirhoe," the oratorio, "The Repentance of Nineveh," etc. He has set many hymns sion of "Rock of Ages."
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ROBERT, English poetlaureate; born Oct. 23, 1844. He was to music, notably Gladstone's Latin ver- educated at Eton and Oxford and became a physician, retiring from the active practice of his profession in 1882. He wrote many poems of considerable poetic merit, though he cannot be classed among the masters of English verse. He was made poet-laureate, succeeding Alfred Austin in that post in 1913. Among his best poems are "Eros and Psyche" and "Achilles in Scyros." A complete edition of his works was published in 1913.
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Bridget
the name of two saints in the Roman Catholic Church. The first, better known as St. Bride, was born in Ireland about the end of the 5th century. She was exceedingly beautiful, and to avoid offers of marriage and other temptations, implored God to render her ugly, which prayer was granted. An order of nuns of St. Bride was established, which continued to flourish for centuries. St. Bride was held in great reverence in Scotland. The second St. Bridget, or more properly Birgit or Brigitte, was the daughter of a Swedish prince, born about 1302, and died at Rome in 1373, on her return from a pilgrimage to Palestine. She left a series of mystic writings which were pronounced inspired by Gregory XI. and Urban VI. Her youngest daughter, Catherine, was also canonized, and became the patron saint of Sweden.
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Bridgeton
city, port of entry and county-seat of Cumberland co., N. J.; on the Cohansey river and several railroads; 38 miles S. of Philadelphia. It is a very old settlement, having been a place of considerable importance before the Revolutionary War. Its surroundings are agricultural; and it has manufactures of glass, gas pipe, nails, machinery, flour, oil cloth, woolen goods, shoes, and shirts, and also large fruit and vegetable canning interests. It has a public park, Tumbling Dam, which contains a picturesque lake and a fine athletic field. The city contains the Ivy Hall Seminary, a public high school, National banks, good water and sewerage systems, and electric lights and street railroads. Its excellent climate and scenic attractions have made the city a popular resort for summer tourists and typewriters, hardware, monumental residents. Pop. (1910) 14,209; (1920)
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Bridgetown
the capital of the island of Barbadoes, in the West Indies, extending along the shore of Carlisle Bay, on the S. W. coast of the island for nearly 2 miles. Its appearance is very pleasing, the houses being embosomed in trees, while hills of moderate height rise behind, studded with villas. Bridgetown is the residence of the governor-general of the Windward Islands. Pop. about 17,000.
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Bridgewater
a town in Plymouth co., Mass.; on the New York, New Haven and Hartford railroad; 27 miles S. of Boston. It contains five' villages and has a State Normal School, the State Farm, State Almshouse, a public library, a savings bank, and manufactories of iron, nails, tacks, boots, shoes, and brick. Pop. (1910) 7,688; (1920) 8,438.
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Bridgewater
FRANCIS EGER- TON, third DUKE OF, the "Father of Inland Navigation in Great Britain," born in 1736. With Vith the assistance of his celebrated engineer, Brindley, and after enormous expense, and years of difficulty, he cut a canal uniting Liverpool and Manchester which was completed in 1761. He afterward promoted the Grand Trunk Canal navigation, and by the two schemes, for a while, so impoverished himself that he was deprived of the commonest comforts. He became ultimately the possessor of immense wealth, realized from the results of his life's labors. The annual value of the Bridgewater canal estate is estimated at about $1,250,000. He died in London, March 3, 1803.
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Bridgman
FREDERIC ARTHUR, an Am American artist, born in Tuskegee, Ala., Nov. 10, 1847. He studied at the Brooklyn Art School and National Academy of Design, and was a pupil of J. L. Gérôme, and at the Ecole des Beaux Arts. Elected to the American Academy of Design 1891, Chairman American Art Department, Paris Exposition 1900, Officer Legion of Honor 1907. Is noted for Oriental and archæological figure pieces. Among his notable paintings ngs are "Procession in Honor of Isis" and "The Bocher-Biskra."
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