Waters

Examples

• The bitter waters of life surged high about him, their sterile taste was on his lips. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• One would think we were going into danger, the way you talk, said Roylands impatiently, instead of a pleasant cruise in Greek waters. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• There is no fruition in their vacant kindness, and sharp rocks lurk beneath the smiling ripples of these shallow waters. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• Tears are given them here for meat and drink--bread of affliction and waters of affliction--their recompence comes hereafter. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• The smoke from the fire was forcing me further and further back down the corridor toward the waters which I could hear surging through the darkness. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• The rain had ceased for a moment, and I saw the fish play in the waters as they had done a few hours before; they had then been observed by Elizabeth. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
• I could sail a year in these waters! Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• It receives the waters of the lesser sea above it. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• A long sigh floated past them on the still waters, like the melancholy cry of a bird, and died away sadly in the distance. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• In the early history of steam navigation the side wheel steamer was the favorite, and was employed for ocean travel as well as for inland waters. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• The thought of Laura welled up like a spring in the depths of my heart, and filled it with waters of bitterness, never, never known to it before. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• Lake Huleh is the Biblical Waters of Merom. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• The waters of this placid subterranean lake are the brightest, loveliest blue that can be imagined. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• About fifteen hundred years before Christ, this camp-ground of ours by the Waters of Merom was the scene of one of Joshua's exterminating battles. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• Then the boy stepped into the pilot house, touched a button and the boat sank amid swirling waters toward the bottom of the shaft. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.

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