riviere

Example Sentences

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Vers une rivière m'adresce Que j'oï près d'ilecques bruire.

From A Short History of French Literature by Saintsbury, George

"Monsieur de Van Staats, est grand propriétaire sur la rivière, and one day, peut-être, he shall be propriétaire sur la mèr!"

From The Water-Witch or, the Skimmer of the Seas by Cooper, James Fenimore

As for Keturah Vanhansen, she wore her rivière of diamonds, dripping, dancing, flashing like water that was perpetually flowing, and yet, by some enchantment, arrested in its flow in glorious suspension.

From A Houseful of Girls by Tytler, Sarah

Son dessein étoit d'y mettre une chaîne avec laquelle il pût fermer la rivière.

From The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 10 Asia, Part III by Hakluyt, Richard

Yes, you can put me on a rivière, and two of the biggest ropes of pearls....

From In Brief Authority by Anstey, F.