uprisen

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I stood upon the bridge uprisen to see,   So that, if I had seized not on a rock,   Down had I fallen without being pushed.

From Divine Comedy, Longfellow's Translation, Complete by Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth

He was no longer fighting absolute monarchs with hireling armies, but uprisen nations which were themselves armies instinct with capacity and energy.

From The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte Vol. III. (of IV.) by Sloane, William Milligan

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

You have uprisen from the ashes of the past like the Phoenix of old.

From Raemaekers' Cartoons With Accompanying Notes by Well-known English Writers by Raemaekers, Louis

He had heard the remarkable speech of his friend, Mr. Gladstone, in the Oxford Union, against the Reform Bill, and had written home regarding him, that "a man had uprisen in Israel."

From The Grand Old Man by Cook, Richard B. (Richard Briscoe)