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If fish rise to the river-mouths, 2to the stones or waterfalls,2 thou shalt have a salmon with as much again.

From The Ancient Irish Epic Tale Táin Bó Cúalnge by Dunn, Joseph

The dead sit by the river-mouths of Time: the living mourn upon its higher banks.

From Miracles of Our Lord by MacDonald, George

Still pursuing the same career, Caesar next accompanied Servilius Isauricus in a campaign against the horde of pirates, afterwards so famous, that was forming itself among the creeks and river-mouths of Cilicia.

From Caesar: a Sketch by Froude, James Anthony

At each of these river-mouths numbers of the host would separate and turn up the freshening tide.

From The Haunters of the Silences A Book of Animal Life by Roberts, Charles George Douglas, Sir

The river-mouths are obstructed by sand bars and admit small vessels only.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 7 "Equation" to "Ethics" by Various