bridge-house

• “They swarmed like bees over the deck and bridge-house, they clung to the rigging and funnel stays, and perched like monkeys on the mast and derrick.”

  The Long Trick

• “Until the party left the bridge-house, Cadoux had not lost a man except the double sentries on the bridge, who were killed in the rush made by the French.”

  The Autobiography of Liuetenant-General Sir Harry Smith, Baronet of Aliwal on the Sutlej, G. C. B.

• “Skerrett now peremptorily ordered Cadoux to leave the bridge-house.”

  The Autobiography of Liuetenant-General Sir Harry Smith, Baronet of Aliwal on the Sutlej, G. C. B.

• “At 2 a.m. the French made a rush, but Cadoux, by his fire from the bridge-house, kept the head of the advancing column in check.”

  The Autobiography of Liuetenant-General Sir Harry Smith, Baronet of Aliwal on the Sutlej, G. C. B.

• “Perhaps that genius might be with him now in the bridge-house.”

  The Mummy and Miss Nitocris A Phantasy of the Fourth Dimension

• “Then the pointer went down to full speed, and the Prince, after a word to the quartermaster, joined them in the bridge-house and closed the door.”

  The Mummy and Miss Nitocris A Phantasy of the Fourth Dimension

• “The damp, gray curtain had barely closed behind it, and the impatient throng was fretting at a further delay, when consternation spread in the bridge-house.”

  Children of the Tenements

• “The _Hit or Miss_ was as attractive to an artistic as most public-houses are to a thirsty soul When the Embankment was made, the bridge-house had been one of a street of similar quaint and many-gabled old buildings that leaned up against each other for mutual support near the rivers edge.”

  The Mark Of Cain

• “That ancient bridge-house pleased him, and he closed with his opportunity.”

  The Mark Of Cain

• “This canal was crossed by a short solid stone bridge, bearing a quaint enough bridge-house, still used as a dwelling-place.”

  A Houseful of Girls

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