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But at least The day I've backed the fashious beast, While she, wi' mony a spang an' reist, Flang heels ower bonnet; An' a' triumphant - for your feast, Hae! there's your sonnet!

From Underwoods by Stevenson, Robert Louis

Sva thundr um reist fyr thiotha rauc, thar hann up um reis er hann aptr of kom.

From Teutonic Mythology, Vol. 1 of 3 Gods and Goddesses of the Northland by Ph.D.

Scot. reest, reist, means to stand stock-still— "Certain it was that Shagram reisted, and I ken Martin thinks he saw something."

From The Romance of Words (4th ed.) by Weekley, Ernest

But at least The day I’ve backed the fashious beast, While she, wi’ mony a spang an’ reist, Flang heels ower bonnet; An’ a’ triumphant—for your feast, Hae! there’s your sonnet!

From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 14 (of 25) by Stevenson, Robert Louis

Nongme, 1857; or, Pok, en Grönlaender, som har reist og ved sin Hjemkomst, etc.

From Aboriginal American Authors by Brinton, Daniel Garrison