riviere

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Une petite riviere, de très bonne eau, coule à la mer dans cet endroit; & elle est fournie par un lac qui est un peu au loin, au dessus du monticule.

From A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 15 Forming A Complete History Of The Origin And Progress Of Navigation, Discovery, And Commerce, By Sea And Land, From The Earliest Ages To The Present Time by Kerr, Robert

Les Anglais sont maitres de la riviere: ils n'ont qu'a effectuer une descente sur la rive ou cette Ville, sans fortifications et sans defense, est situee.

From History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 19 by Carlyle, Thomas

They are not allowed to take any water out of the riviere d'Ouche, which runs through this place, on account of the mills on that river.

From Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 2 by Randolph, Thomas Jefferson

Felix say dat a team crawl up de riviere trail lak' dey ver' tired.

From The Whelps of the Wolf by Marsh, George P.

The frenchman sayes that he hath heard qu'une grande riviere et un grand seigneur sont mauvais voisins.

From Publications of the Scottish History Society, Volume 36 Journals of Sir John Lauder Lord Fountainhall with His Observations on Public Affairs and Other Memoranda 1665-1676 by Fountainhall, John Lauder, Lord