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The Nive, which is (mail, and rifes in the Pyrenees, pp. ircs through the centre of the city, and refem - bl (s one of the canals in Holland.
Historical account of the most celebrated voyages, travels, and discoveries, from the time of ... 1797
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In fact, 40 percent of drugs on the market are already imported from FDA-approved plants in foreign countries, including Nive, a small island nation off the coast of New Zealand.
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We made a good cut on our former circuitous route when tracing down the river Nive, and arrived at our former bivouac at an early hour.
Journal of an Expedition into the Interior of Tropical Australia 2003
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In the S. W., some very remarkable features appeared to terminate westward, in abrupt cliffs over a low country, into which the Maran (as far as known), the Warrego, and the Nive, seem to carry their waters.
Journal of an Expedition into the Interior of Tropical Australia 2003
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You will have about a mile of that sort of difficulty to deal with on the higher part, but by turning then to the right, you will fall into a well watered valley, which will lead you to the Nive.
Journal of an Expedition into the Interior of Tropical Australia 2003
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We recrossed the brigalow range, (where the temperature, at 9 A.M., was 79°,) and alighted by the pond at the junction of the Nivelle and Nive; near where we had passed the night of the 12th September.
Journal of an Expedition into the Interior of Tropical Australia 2003
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The Battalion had been stationed on the line of the River Nive, close to French patrols, and Sharpe had ordered the wives to stay in St Jean de Luz.
Sharpe's Siege Cornwell, Bernard 1987
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I believe it to be identical with the Nive of Mitchell, never traced out, and in its position with the Paroo forms a line of communication practicable in all seasons from Mount Rankine on the Darling to Cooper's
Journal of Landsborough's Expedition from Carpentaria In search of Burke and Wills William Landsborough
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In the affair of the passage of the Nive, on the 9th of December, 1813, and the battle of St. Pierre d'Irrube on the 13th, Foy distinguished himself, and in the hard fought battle of Orthez, on the 27th of February, 1814, he was left apparently dead on the field.
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 10, No. 289, December 22, 1827 Various
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Shortly after these Divisions moved to our right, for the purpose of crossing the river [Nive], and our Division moved on to drive back the enemy's picquets in the direction of Bayonne.
The Autobiography of Liuetenant-General Sir Harry Smith, Baronet of Aliwal on the Sutlej, G. C. B. 1903
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