riviere
Example Sentences
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Far down "la belle riviere" floated the fairy white steamboat on its winding-way to Louisville, while the joy-groups danced and sung by the clear moonlight over the airy decks.
From Eventide A Series of Tales and Poems by Effie Afton
As Kovik finished his explanation, Jean laughed: "No, I camp wid no Windigo up riviere; but I starve."
From The Whelps of the Wolf by George P. Marsh
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 Thomas Jefferson Randolph
I portage cano' to dat lac and reach de coast by de riviere.
From The Whelps of the Wolf by George P. Marsh
Froissart says that any one engaged in this sport "alloit en riviere."
From The Canterbury Tales, and Other Poems by D. Laing Purves
