riviere

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But among these presents were two which puzzled me greatly—they came anonymously—a rivière of splendid diamonds for Dolores, a splendid motor car for me.

From A Queen's Error by Curties, Henry

So, on the following evening, he presented himself at the stage-door of the theater where Miss Ermyn L’Estrange was then displaying her charms, in his hand an écrin containing a rivière of diamonds.

From The Late Tenant by Tracy, Louis

La Morave est une grosse rivière qui vient de Bosnie.

From The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 10 Asia, Part III by Hakluyt, Richard

I’m awfully sorry now that I didn’t,” she glanced down at the rivière on her palm; “but there, it’s done, and can’t be undone—nature of the beast, I s’pose.”

From The Late Tenant by Tracy, Louis

Fringue, fringue sur la rivière; Fringue, fringue sur l'aviron!

From Fort Amity by Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir