uprisen

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It turned out that the Cossacks and the uprisen people were not a match for the Poles, and it was not in the interest of the Tartars to give the Cossacks the fruits of victory.

From With Fire and Sword An Historical Novel of Poland and Russia. by Sienkiewicz, Henryk

Our Britain! uprisen in the splendour   Of your white wrath at treacheries so vile;   Roused from your sleep, become once more defender   Of those high things which make life worth life's while!

From 'All's Well!' by Oxenham, John

And when at last, among the oaks, we came Upon the top, a perfect voice Thrilled in the air like flame— Was it uprisen death we heard?

From The New World by Bynner, Witter

Earth like a Swimmer Plunged into the dimmer Wave of the night, Now is uprisen, An Elysian vision Of spray and of light.

From Lundy's Lane and Other Poems by Scott, Duncan Campbell

His son, Lord Lincoln, had heard Gladstone’s speech against the Reform Bill delivered in the Oxford Union, and had written home that “a man had uprisen in Israel.”

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 1 "Gichtel, Johann" to "Glory" by Various