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

Ceux qui furent a une petite riviere qu'on avoit vue, au-lieu de se hater, se promenerent, et coururent en divers endroits.

From Narrative of a Survey of the Intertropical and Western Coasts of Australia Performed between the years 1818 and 1822 — Volume 1 by King, Phillip Parker

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

There was not a Neuchatel in existence, and they flourished in every community, who did not send her, at least, a riviere of brilliants.

From Endymion by Disraeli, Benjamin, Earl of Beaconsfield

Froissart says that any one engaged in this sport "alloit en riviere."

From The Canterbury Tales, and Other Poems by Purves, D. Laing