BRIDE OF THE SEA
\bɹˈa͡ɪd ɒvðə sˈiː], \bɹˈaɪd ɒvðə sˈiː], \b_ɹ_ˈaɪ_d ɒ_v_ð_ə s_ˈiː]\
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Venice, whose doges ever year, on Ascension Day, were married to the Adriatic, throwing a ring into the sea; on the first occasion, as a privilege, granted by Pope Alexander III., n77, when the League of Lombardy had defeated the Emperor Frederic Barbarossa.
By Henry Percy Smith
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