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1. One that, when alive, was probably aching to swim upriver and spawn with some lady eggs
2. ports upriver later that evening
3. Of the boats going upriver, one was full, and one
4. the end, Jacques and I had to sail upriver to Lyons and
5. As they travelled upriver, Jean noticed that the
6. Known only as, ‘The Rapids,’ before settlement, boats were hauled upriver by men and teams of oxen
7. The increase in the annual flooding of this north-south river valley from the polar ice-cap melting of the northern hemisphere could have produced consequences far enough upriver to have caused flood platforms to have been built approximately where the “Tower of Babel” was said to have been erected
8. An upriver origin of the floodwaters could have given rise to these platforms, but they would have presented problems with surviving a relatively rapid flow down toward its sea-level end of journey
9. In the initial surge, the survivors would have fled upriver toward Ur, the city (most probably a much smaller entity at that early time)
10. Grain storage had already been built upon the upriver part that was sealed, but it would do little good if the rest were left unfinished
11. But it is well, her better judgment countered, as the rushing flood overtopped the first level, and only sloshed vainly against the unfinished second, that they had started the second level on the upriver side without having finished all of the first
12. Tai had been in contact with Betta, who was still hiding out in the outskirts of the city, shaken by the earlier events upriver
13. Then I would have to continue upriver to the old Ox Ordu site, then turn north through the lands of the Siksika and then into the land of the Tinneh
14. were huge floodgates set in the mouth of the river to stop a tsunami from going upriver
15. Of course, that was a little farther upriver and earlier in the winter
16. Trade with the coastal and upriver tribes
17. The river was tidal here and a lone boatman had come upriver with the tide
18. Upriver it was flat along the river, but I could not see very far because of a mountain on the far side that blocked my view
19. When I got down the mountain again, I rode upriver
20. The ship was being towed upriver by a team of draft horses on the shore, and if the wind was right it had a sail also
21. “I’ve never been this far south except once when I went upriver to the Old Capital at Memphis
22. went upriver to the Old Capital at Memphis
23. It was not easy to appear so far upriver, but the naiads, my freshwater cousins, helped sustain my life force
24. upriver the sun was high in a cloudless sky
25. Robert Reid, the mayor of Middletown, upriver from Three Mile Island, heard statements that just weren’t true
26. With the other five men and Nancy manning oars and with Claudette at the rudder, the whaler backed off from the quay and pivoted on the spot to head upriver, the empty canoe trailing behind a short rope
27. Once the river stopped rising, I knew it would be just a matter of days before the river slowed enough to allow Antelope Hunter to row upriver with his crocodiles
28. It was by chance that Floy found me a half-mile upriver from the meeting place
29. After a short while, he reappeared far upriver and held his empty hands high in the air and began running toward me with the cheetahs
30. Then, as he travelled upriver in search of me, fate guided him to the weapon he was looking for—the gullible, hateful Antelope Hunter—who Dark Moon transformed into a murderous beast who could think of only one thing—killing me
31. They are but a sort distance upriver
32. Upriver, hidden in a clump of trees, sat Stacey with Sig at his side
33. Shiva, who was staring upriver, towards Kashi, turned around with a smile
34. upriver to the top end of the first big pool
35. The water continued to mount in the city as more water surged down the old channels fed from the broken gaps in the dams upriver
36. River Queen gave seven short blasts on her whistle-horn and started back upriver
37. Bolles told them to row upriver at a warm-up pace for a few minutes
38. Exactly a mile upriver from the soaring, spidery 6,767-foot-long steel span of the old railroad bridge, built in 1889, a line of stake boats—seven identical rowboats at anchor—was stretched out across the river to form a starting line
39. One afternoon he harnessed his draft horses to a buckboard and took Joe upriver, hunting for cedar
40. As Joe paddled upriver toward the starting line, he, like his crewmates, had a lot to think about
41. ” Fans on the docks and yachts in Poughkeepsie began to take up variations of the same chant as the boats came into view upriver
42. Soon the red and green running lights of the coaches’ launch disappeared upriver
43. One by one the freshman crews boarded their shells and began to paddle upriver to the starting line near the Columbia shell house—an elegant structure that looked as if it could double as the clubhouse at any of the East’s fine country clubs
44. As the observation train drew back upriver again for the start of the varsity race, the atmosphere grew electric, the dusky sky crackling with static
45. The one he was supposed to take under fire to deny it to the enemy and cover the landing of the Marine battalion Earl Hanth was sending upriver in Delthak’s wake
46. Except, of course, that if Nybar manages to hold out until the ice on the river breaks, we’ll be able to send ironclads and additional troop transports all the way upriver to reinforce Makgrygair
47. But at least the blocked channel had prevented the infernal ironclad from continuing its bombardment once he disengaged and managed to fall back upriver towards Evyrtyn
48. They could travel by road to Mahrglys, then upriver to the Schueler Canal and on to Lake Pei for the final leg of their journey to Zion
49. Then they crossed over, drifted far off their course, pulled the raft upriver on the opposite bank
50. We hir’d a Barge upriver, upon that splendid Summer’s Afternoon, rode as far as Maidenhead, there were met by a One-Horse Chaise belonging to the Dean’s Friend, and carried to a beauteous Country Estate call’d Dumswood, whose Owner was said to have some of the finest Race Horses in England
