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Well! dear reader, I am not, as you may have already inferred, a loser by the general upstir, described in the foregoing chapter.

From My Bondage and My Freedom by Douglass, Frederick

In the excited states that have been most carefully studied, that is to say, in fear and anger, there is that big organic upstir, making itself felt as a blend of many internal sensations.

From Psychology A Study Of Mental Life by Woodworth, Robert S.

The gases which lie at the bottom of human souls, which gossip and suspicious imaginations upstir, are deadlier than those at the bottoms of old wells.

From Madelon A Novel by Freeman, Mary Eleanor Wilkins

And conscience to upstir him, And duty by his side, And hope forever singing Assurance of success, And rapid action springing At once to nothing less!

From Ishmael Or, In the Depths by Southworth, Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte