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  • How she came to know the name Nith Bank I am puzzled to know.

    Letters and Memorials of Jane Welsh Carlyle 1883

  • Of Dumfries, the capital town of this county, I have but little to say, and will not abuse your patience by reminding you that it is built on the gallant river Nith, and that its churchyard, the highest place of the old town, commands an extensive and fine prospect.

    Redgauntlet 2008

  • The inhabitants drink the water of the Nith, a river into which the sewers empty themselves, their contents floating afterwards to and fro with the tide.

    Lapham's Quarterly: A Bilious Situation 2008

  • Ye see, we will suppose that any friend like yourself were in the deepest hole of the Nith, sand making a sprattle for your life.

    Redgauntlet 2008

  • Added links to One Small Step, Ain Nith e 41 and Shmentura in the overcrowded sidebar.

    No Fat Clips!!! : Modern World: Post Updated 2006

  • Aggiunti i link a One Small Step, Ain Nith e 41 e Shmentura nella sovraffollata sidebar.

    No Fat Clips!!! : Modern World: Post Updated 2006

  • Then the psychopathic Nith edged that no one had seen the damn man or his wife since the night the motorized retractable awnings were away.

    Think Progress » Inaugural Fundraising Fiasco 2005

  • Nedd or Neth is the same word as Nith, the name of a river in Scotland, and is in some degree connected with Nidda, the name of one in Germany.

    Wild Wales : Its People, Language and Scenery 2004

  • The prospect from the window overlooked the course of the Nith at a bend of the river a few miles above Dumfries.

    No Name 2003

  • Solway Firth to Dumfries, and thence to a cottage a few miles from the town, on the banks of the Nith.

    No Name 2003

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