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1594 G. Peele Battell of Alcazar ii. i. sig. E I shall beholde Him dragde along this running riuer shore, A spectacle to dant the pride of those That climbe aloft by force, and not by right.

1612 W. Shute tr. T. de Fougasses Gen. Hist. Venice ii. 211 Hee came forth vnlookt for, with great fury, vpon those who stayed behind vpon the riuer shoare, ready to passe ouer.

1770 G. Washington Tour to Ohio in Olden Time (1846) I. 423 At the lower end of the Long Reach..is a large bottom, but low, and covered with beach near the river shore.

1842 Ld. Tennyson Gardener's Daughter in Poems (new ed.) II. 31 The balmy glooming, crescent-lit, Spread the light haze along the river-shores.

2000 Up Here (Yellowknife, N.W. Territories) Feb. 7 (caption) When Don returned two years ago, he was warmly welcomed on the rivershore by Edwin Lindberg.