Suddenly he looked up, and began to declaim, in a clear, sweet voice: 'He's speaking now, Or murmuring, "Where's my serpent of old nile?"
"Hodge and His Masters"
Richard Jefferies
Messengers were at once sent to all the red-legged birds, among the bulrushes of the nile, or that lived on the roofs of the temples, or that perched on the pyramids, or dwelt on the top of old columns, or that stood in rows along the eaves of the town houses.
"Dutch Fairy Tales for Young Folks"
William Elliot Griffis
In short, the Neva is to this Russian Venice in importance what the nile is to the Egyptians, though effective in a different manner.
"Due North or Glimpses of Scandinavia and Russia"
Maturin M. Ballou