riviere

Example Sentences

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"He did come in vone leetle barque, my lor' from over de riviere, on de todder side opposite."

From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Vol. 9 by Various

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

Fruites de riviere Hollandaise vert pré.Pommes de terre á la Parisienne.Coucombres.Accompanied by: Johannisberger.

From The Whitehouse Cookbook (1887) Cooking, Toilet and Household Recipes, Menus, Dinner-Giving, Table Etiquette, Care of the Sick, Health Suggestions, Facts Worth Knowing, Etc., Etc. The Whole Comprising a Comprehensive Cyclopedia of Information for the Home by Gillette, F. L. (Fanny Lemira)

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

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

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 Randolph, Thomas Jefferson