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Towards evening, it began to rain and blow violently; and Capt.

From Oregon and Eldorado or, Romance of the Rivers by Bulfinch, Thomas

The bay affords a good anchorage and landing in calm weather, being exposed only to the northers, which blow violently.

From What I Saw in California by Bryant, Edwin

Before we reached the top, the wind began to blow violently, and drove about the snow in every direction. 

From Travels in Tartary, Thibet, and China During the years 1844-5-6 Volume 2 by Huc, Évariste Régis

We now expected to have a comfortable night’s rest, but it grew intensely cold, and again began to blow violently from the west.

From Journal of a Voyage from Okkak, on the Coast of Labrador, to Ungava Bay, Westward of Cape Chudleigh Undertaken to Explore the Coast, and Visit the Esquimaux in That Unknown Region by Kohlmeister, Benjamin

If Makusue wished to cross the lake, the wind was sure to blow violently the moment he entered his canoe, and rain to drench him before he left it.

From Traditions of the North American Indians, Vol. 3 by Jones, James Athearn



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