Orinoko

That is hardly an exaggerated statement about the Orinoko, which is fed by more than 436 rivers, and a couple of thousand rivulets.

Sir Walter Ralegh A Biography 1879

Orinoko as the most sovereign remedy for erysipelas, where that complaint is very prevalent.

The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 14, No. 396, October 31, 1829 Various

Scars mar your polished face, now changed from spotless white to rich autumnal russet; and mine, too, the sun, and wind, and other smoke than that of Orinoko have darkened.

The Continental Monthly, Vol. 4, No. 6, December 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy Various

The same defence which he might have conclusively urged if soldiers, descending from the original San Thome, had blocked his transit, is justly pleadable for his men's voyage on the Orinoko past the new town.

Sir Walter Ralegh A Biography 1879

With his military instinct he had truly discerned how easily it might be guarded by a couple of forts on sites commanding the entrance into the Orinoko.

Sir Walter Ralegh A Biography 1879

Towards evening they entered the main channel of the Orinoko.

Sir Walter Ralegh A Biography 1879

He was still buoyed up with romantic fancies, which he had cherished ever since the disappointment on the Orinoko.

Sir Walter Ralegh A Biography 1879

'Their hearts were cold to behold the great rage and increase of Orinoko,' 'the sea without a shore,' as Humboldt has termed its mouth.

Sir Walter Ralegh A Biography 1879

He had meant to transport to France charts of Guiana, the Orinoko, Nuova

Sir Walter Ralegh A Biography 1879

San Thome garrison, James must share equally for letting him go with an armed squadron to the Orinoko at all.

Sir Walter Ralegh A Biography 1879