At present the river was blocked again and, being unable to run freely, overflowed on both sides.
"In Desert and Wilderness"
Henryk Sienkiewicz
In the meantime Stas, ordering both to tend the little lady as the eye in the head and in case of any accident to summon him at once, took the rifle and went to the detached rock which blocked the ravine.
"In Desert and Wilderness"
Henryk Sienkiewicz
"But we must manage somehow to fix the place so we can live on it this winter," Val would insist, when he told her how every move seemed blocked.
"Lonesome Land"
B. M. Bower