Bardell
Mrs., an accommodating widow in Dickens' Pickwick Papers. She lets lodgings to Mr. Pickwick. Later she becomes plaintiff in the famous breach of promise suit of Bardwell vs. Pickwick.
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Single-source entries: B (20)
These 13 listings are so strange that each appears in only one of the 7 encyclopedias we compared. They include such classics as Bardell, Barege, Bareilly.
Barebone's Parliament
the "Little Parliament" summoned by Oliver Cromwell, met July 4, 1653, so nicknamed from the name of one of its members. It consisted of 139 persons, "faithful, thful, fearing God, and hating covetousness." They began by abolishing the Court of Chancery, and were proceeding to abolish tithes, when Cromwell dissolved the Parliament on Dec. 12 of the same year. BARÈGES France, department of Hautes-Pyrénées, about 4,000 feet above the sea, celebrated for its thermal springs, which are frequented for rheumatism, scrofula, etc.
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Barebones' Parliament
. See Cromwell
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Barege
ba-razh, a gauzy material used for veiling. It is woven with a fine silk warp, and a fluffy woolen or worsted weft, and makes a heavy veiling although a light dress goods, for which purpose the better qualities are used sometimes. Barege received its name from Bareges, a French town where the fabric was first produced. Cheaper grades of barege are made entirely of worsted or of worsted and cotton.
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Bareilly
a town of Hindustan in the United Provinces, capital of a district of the same name, on a pleasant and elevated site. It has a fort and cantonments, a government college, and manufactures sword-cutlery, gold and silver lace, perfumery, furniture and upholstery. On the outbreak of the Indian Mutiny the native garrison took possession of the place, but it was retaken by Lord Clyde in May, 1858. Pop. about 130,000. seaport town of
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Barfleur
a France, in the department of La Manche, about 15 miles E. of Cherbourg. It is noteworthy in history as the port whence, in 1066, William the Conqueror set out on his invasion of England. Close by, on the ill-famed "Pointe de Barfleur, stands the highest lighthouse in France, 271 feet above the sea. Pop. about 1,250.
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Barguest, the
A goblin or phantom of a mischievous character, so named from his habit of sitting on bars or gates. It is said that he can make himself visible in the day time. Rich in the Encyclopædia Metropolitana relates a story of a lady, whom he knew, who had been brought up in the country. She had been passing through the fields one morning, when a girl, and saw, as she thought, someone sitting on a stile: however, as she drew near, it vanished.
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Barham
RICHARD HARRIS, an English poet, born in Canterbury, Dec. 6, 1788; was educated at St. Paul's and Oxford; took orders in 1813; was rector of two country churches, and later of one in London. Under the name of THOMAS INGOLDSBY he wrote the "Ingoldsby Legends," prose and verse (London, 1840- 1847), which are now classics. He also wrote "My Cousin Nicholas," a novel (1841), and "Life of Theodore Hook" (1849). He died in London, June 17, 1845.
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Bari
ancient BARIUM, a seaport of southern Italy, on a small promontory of the Adriatic, capital of the province of Bari delle Puglie. It was an important place as early as the 3d century B. C., and has been thrice destroyed and rebuilt. The present town has a large Norman, castle, a fine cathedral, and priory, etc. It manufactures cotton and 28-Vol. I-Cyc BARÈGES, a watering-place, S. of linen goods, hats, soap, glass, and liquors; has a trade in wine, grain, almonds, oil, etc., and is now an important seaport. Pop. about 115,000. The province has an area of 2,048 square miles, and is fertile in fruit, wine, oil, etc. Pop. about 950,000.
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Baring
family name of the founders of one of the greatest financial and commercial houses in the world; now known as Baring Brothers & Co. The father of the founders was JOHN BARING, a German cloth manufacturer, who started a small business at Larkbear, near Exeter, England, in the first half of the 18th century. Two of his sons, FRANCIS and JOHN (1730-1816), established in London in 1770 the now existing house.
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Baring Island
an island, also a strait and bay of the same name, in the Arctic Archipelago. They were named for Sir Francis Baring, who was First Lord of the Admiralty at the time of their discovery.
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Baring-Gould
SABINE, an English antiquary and novelist, born in Exeter, Jan. 28, 1834. He graduated from Cambridge in 1856, and from 1881 was rector of Lew-Trenchard in Devon. He is author of "Iceland: Its Scenes and Sagas" (1864); "The Book of Werewolves" (1865); "Curious Myths of the Middle Ages" (series 1 and 2, 1866- 1867); "Lives of the Saints" (1872- 1879); "Yorkshire Oddities" (2 vols., 1874); and "Germany, Past and Present" (2 vols., 1879). He has also written religious b books and novels which have become popular. They include "Mehalah: a Story of the Salt Marshes" (2 vols., 1880); "John Herring" (2 vols., 1883); "Red Spider" (1887); "The Broom Squire" (1896); "Bladys" (1897); "Domitia" (1898); "Pabo the Priest" (1899); "A Book of the West" (1899); "Furze-Bloom" (1899), etc. He died June 4, 1906.
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Baring-Gould, Sabine
baring-gold, Sabine (1834-), an English clergyman and author. He was born at Exeter, received his education at Cambridge, and some years later became rector of Lew-Trenchard in Devon. He is the author of many novels and miscellaneous writings. Germany Past and Present and The Story of Germany are, perhaps, his best known works. Iceland, its Songs and Sagas and Curious Myths of the Middle Ages may also be mentioned, and, among his novels, Mehalah, a Story of the Salt Marshes, The Broom Squire, and Miss Quillet. His secret of popularity lies not in his treatment, which is neither critical nor scientific, but rather in a clever, easy, diffuse, jovial, amusing way of saying clearly what at the moment comes to him to say.--Warner's World's Best Literature. Mehalah is still one of the most powerful romances of recent years.--J. M. Barrie. 2026 Editor's Note: Baring-Gould's most enduring work goes unmentioned here: he wrote the words to ' Onward, Christian Soldiers ,' one of the most famous hymns in English, and 'Now the Day Is Over.' A tireless eccentric, he also rescued hundreds of West Country folk songs from oblivion, a pioneer of the folk-song revival. (Ed: BR 2026-06-08)
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