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gave us round root
We landed at a village 200 men of Flatheads of 25 houses 50 canoes built of Straw, we were treated verry kindly by them, they gave us round root near the Size of a hens egg roasted which they call Wap-to to eate I walked out on the Stard.
— from The Journals of Lewis and Clark, 1804-1806 by William Clark

go up raise rise
to go up : make to go up, raise : rise ( of sun ), Guth 148 41 .
— from A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary For the Use of Students by J. R. Clark (John R. Clark) Hall

Glancing upward Rerir recognised
Glancing upward, Rerir recognised the emissary of the goddess, and joyfully hastened home to partake of the apple with his wife.
— from Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas by H. A. (Hélène Adeline) Guerber

grow up round religions
And now the voices of our Moral Instruction Leagues will be lifted, asking whether there is any reason why the appetite for perfection should not be cultivated in rationally scientific terms instead of being associated with the story of Jonah and the great fish and the thousand other tales that grow up round religions.
— from Treatise on Parents and Children by Bernard Shaw

grown up remarked Rosie
"I hope the captain will think so by the time she's grown up," remarked Rosie, with a pleasant look at Lulu; "or sooner if they come to be thought suitable for girls of her age."
— from Christmas with Grandma Elsie by Martha Finley

got up ruefully rubbing
She got up ruefully rubbing her leg, not seriously injured, but too temporarily lame to make another trial, and the triumph was scored by Rose Randall; not even the Sixth, who followed, being able to break her record.
— from The Jolliest Term on Record: A Story of School Life by Angela Brazil

Gaul under Roman rule
We need not infer from this that the Celts had a prejudice against images, for among the Irish Celts images are often mentioned, and in Gaul under Roman rule many images existed.
— from The Religion of the Ancient Celts by J. A. (John Arnott) MacCulloch

guard usually rode round
The punchers on night guard usually rode round the cattle in reverse directions; calling and singing to them if the beasts seemed restless, to keep them quiet.
— from Theodore Roosevelt: An Autobiography by Theodore Roosevelt

goods under Robie reached
A train of Indian goods under Robie reached the camp the next day.
— from The Life of Isaac Ingalls Stevens, Volume 2 (of 2) by Hazard Stevens

got up rather reluctantly
Dick got up rather reluctantly, but he was not long in shaking off his drowsiness, and after dinner was able to go through the story again, with full details of his adventures.
— from The Tiger of Mysore: A Story of the War with Tippoo Saib by G. A. (George Alfred) Henty

get up Richard returned
“Make this beast get up,” Richard returned, breathing hard, and shaking his great ash-branch.
— from The Ordeal of Richard Feverel — Complete by George Meredith

Get up repeated Rodney
Get up,” repeated Rodney, taking Lambert by the arm and helping him rather roughly to his feet.
— from Sailor Jack, the Trader by Harry Castlemon


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