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Here she is capering over the waves instead of being tied by the nose with a cable and anchor.”

From Mr. Midshipman Easy by Marryat, Frederick

"We are just off," concluded my father, "and Sheik Faris is capering around on little Kushki, with the prized shoe dangling from her neck—the two of them as proud as peacocks."

From The Treasure of the Tigris A Tale of Mesopotamia by Ferryman, A. F. Mockler

It is only that handful of riders over by the river that is capering towards us.

From Felicitas A Tale of the German Migrations: A.D. 476 by Dahn, Felix

Heroes die while strong men bare their heads in grief, and ten minutes later the corpse is capering joyously in a new piece.

From The Lost Naval Papers by Copplestone, Bennet

One hour she is capering about, as if rehearsing a jig; and, the next, sighing to the motion of a lazy needle, or weeping over a novel and this is called sentiment!

From Advice to Young Men And (Incidentally) to Young Women in the Middle and Higher Ranks of Life. In a Series of Letters, Addressed to a Youth, a Bachelor, a Lover, a Husband, a Father, a Citizen, or a Subject. by Cobbett, William