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Definition of Risings
1. rising [n] - See also: rising
Lexicographical Neighbors of Risings
Literary usage of Risings
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The History of Israel by Heinrich Ewald, Russell Martineau, Joseph Estlin Carpenter (1886)
"In a time of such mental excitement it was, as above stated, little more than
accident at what time and place the sanguinary risings should first break out; ..."
2. Dr. Chase's Family Physician, Farrier, Bee-keeper, and Second Receipt Book by Alvin Wood Chase (1874)
""In order to have good Bread, there are three things very essential—good flour,
good risings, and a careful hand. Now if mv lady friends will comply with ..."
3. The Cambridge Modern History by John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton Acton, Ernest Alfred Benians, George Walter Prothero, Sir Adolphus William Ward (1907)
"This outbreak and all preceding risings had failed because they originated with
... In 1821 the risings in Naples and in Piedmont had advanced, as it were, ..."
4. The History of England from the Accession of James II by Thomas Babington Macaulay Macaulay (1856)
"There were risings in Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, Kent, Wales. ... While Fairfax
suppressed the risings in the neighborhood of the capital, Oliver routed the ..."
5. The History of England from the Accession of James II. by Thomas Babington Macaulay Macaulay (1849)
"There were risings in Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, Kent, Wales. ... While Fairfax
suppressed the risings in the neighborhood of the capital, ..."
6. The History of England from the Accession of James II. by Thomas Babington Macaulay Macaulay (1849)
"There were risings in Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, Kent, Wales. ... While Fairfax
suppressed the risings in the neighbourhood of the capital, Oliver routed the ..."
7. The History of England from the Accession of James II. by Thomas Babington Macaulay Macaulay, Hannah More Macaulay Trevelyan (1850)
"I. risings the govern- pressed"1*" citizen and the honour of woman were held sacred.
... There were risings in Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, Kent, Wales. ..."
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