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It looks as though the giants had been playing at church-steeples, and had upraised this immense shaft of granite to mark one of nature’s cathedrals.

From Memoirs of Service Afloat, During the War Between the States by Semmes, Raphael

While the boys and Le Blanc had been sound asleep, the figure of Sanborn had upraised itself from his cot and quietly sneaked over to the aeroplane.

From The Boy Aviators' Treasure Quest by Goldfrap, John Henry