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  • But 'tis not the reever, nor the feesh, that preys upon my mind,

    She and I, Volume 1

  • And round about the city walls the reever Shannon flows;

    She and I, Volume 1

  • Las 'night I'm mak' my camp in de scrub cross de reever.

    The Gun-Brand 1921

  • I'm stay 'til de reever freeze, an' no more canoe can com '.

    The Gun-Brand 1921

  • Den he go up de reever, an 'all winter I stay in de igloo wit' my modder an 'look out over de ice-pack at de boats in de Bufort

    The Gun-Brand 1921

  • He mak 'fonny story 'bout reever dat used to was on top de mountain.

    The Winds of Chance Rex Ellingwood Beach 1913

  • Las 'night de reever is froze solid so far you look.

    The Winds of Chance Rex Ellingwood Beach 1913

  • Macdonald a coward, and himself "de boss on de reever."

    The Man from Glengarry; a tale of the Ottawa Ralph Connor 1898

  • He had come from the New Brunswick woods some three years ago, and had wrought and fought his way, as he thought, against all rivals to the proud position of "boss on de reever," the topmost pinnacle of a lumberman's ambition.

    The Man from Glengarry; a tale of the Ottawa Ralph Connor 1898

  • Surprised and enraged, the Frenchman turned to demolish the man who had dared to insult the "boss bully on de reever Hottawa."

    The Man from Glengarry; a tale of the Ottawa Ralph Connor 1898

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