riviere

Example Sentences

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"Trouvant un lieu le plus étroit de la rivière que les habitans du pays nomment Québec;" "la pointe de Québec, ainsi appellée des sauvages."

From The Conquest of Canada (Vol. 1 of 2) by Warburton, George

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

Car ne me soi aillors déduire Plus bel que sus cele rivière.

From A Short History of French Literature by Saintsbury, George

Galant, j’t’ai passé la rivière: Avec ton or et ton argent Je vais entrer dans un couvent, Dans un couvent de filles vertueuses Pour être un jour aussi religieuse!

From Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 by Power, Eileen

“She ain’t scare’ go anywhere on the rivière with Moise and his oncle, or even with Leo and George.

From The Young Alaskans in the Rockies by Hough, Emerson