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and runs up L and round
Dinah rises and runs up L. and round back of settee L. and up to left of Brian and takes his arm .)
— from Mr. Pim Passes By: A Comedy in Three Acts by A. A. (Alan Alexander) Milne

a Rajah universally liked and respected
This miserable ruler, Sultan Mohammed, had no legitimate offspring, but it was likely that at his death his near relation, Tuanku Bongsu, a Rajah universally liked and respected by his countrymen, would have been elected to succeed him.
— from The Golden Chersonese and the Way Thither by Isabella L. (Isabella Lucy) Bird

and rearing up like a restive
Cæsar, meanwhile, who did not comprehend this language, began to be a little impatient, and expressed his uneasiness by making several bounds and rearing up like a restive horse.
— from The History of Sandford and Merton by Thomas Day

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