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

When he wrote it was a sentence of singular construction, truly indicative of how vague awe and dread had uprisen to take large standing beside simple humane solicitude.

From The Unknown Sea by Housman, Clemence

O love, stand beside me; the sun is uprisen    On the first day of London; and shame hath been here.

From The Pilgrims of Hope by Morris, William

Six millions of people had uprisen and, by a simple declaration of will, had in a few short weeks undone the work of near a century.

From Four Years in Rebel Capitals An Inside View of Life in the Southern Confederacy from Birth to Death by DeLeon, T. C.

There sitting from the deeps uprisen, he mourn'd20 The vanquished Grecians, and resentment fierce Conceived and wrath against all-ruling Jove.

From The Iliad of Homer Translated into English Blank Verse by William Cowper by Cowper, William