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Like a miniature mountain range, large reddish weals upheaved across the white flesh of her wrists. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z
The Ice was not so upheaved and tormented as in the Fire-Hills region, but it was rotten. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z
We seem to be living through the biologic revolution, so far anyway, without being upheaved or even much disturbed by it. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z
Her well-to-do lifestyle is upheaved by news of her husband leaving her for another woman. The Marvelous Mrs Maisel and the difficulty of being a female comic 2017-11-29T05:00:00Z
“If I had known, I’d have had a heart attack,” he said also, a reference to a point when things went especially upheaved. On a queasy night in Group E, Japan exults, Spain exhales and Germany exits 2022-12-01T05:00:00Z
But as other states have led the way in upheaving their systems, Washington has been slow to follow suit. Where you live in WA may determine whether you get stuck in jail before trial 2022-04-23T04:00:00Z
“She can claim credit for upheaving what is perceived as corruption or ethical issues in state politics, the very thing Mike Parson represents as governor.” Missouri GOP Gov. Parson expected to make strong 2020 bid 2019-09-08T04:00:00Z
The first time I came to Hammars, I was barely a year old and knew nothing about the great and upheaving love that had brought me there. “Time for the Eyes to Adjust” 2018-12-10T05:00:00Z
With a population hovering around 8,000, the pastoral town could be upheaved by Trump's constant presence. Could Donald Trump's Bedminster golf course become America's new Camp David? - Golf Digest 2016-11-28T05:00:00Z
Last week, just before the explosive 'hot mic' tape upheaved the Republican nominee's campaign, Mr Trump told CNN he still believes the Central Park Five are guilty, despite DNA evidence. US Election 2016: Trump's hatred for the Central Park Five - BBC News 2016-10-11T04:00:00Z
As they approached the upheaved mountainous country, lively interest, a keen delight in the novelty of their surroundings, and surprise at unexpected features were aroused in the minds of the travelers. Blazing The Way True Stories, Songs and Sketches of Puget Sound 2012-04-03T02:00:30.677Z
The cliffs all around were tumbled about in the most chaotic confusion, as if they had been upheaved by some tremendous throe of nature. The Portland Sketch Book 2012-03-28T02:00:28.847Z
From the highest hill, He gazes o'er the wild whose plains he spurned, And his eye kindles, and his breast expands, With an upheaving consciousness of might. In the Saddle A Collection of Poems on Horseback-Riding 2012-03-26T02:00:41.847Z
"A pretty considerable upheaving of the elements of social life, Mr. Grant," said he, upon encountering the old gentleman on Ferret's steps at the front door of The Hero. Quodlibet 2012-03-26T02:00:29.820Z
Again he saw the wild upheaving sea; he felt himself struggling in the deep, while his strength, strength of body, of mind, and will were failing him. The Everlasting Arms 2012-03-22T02:00:37.327Z
Agamenticus seems an outpost of the White Hills, left stranded here by the glacier, or upheaved by some tremendous throe. Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast 2012-02-22T03:00:25.113Z
And this sudden upheaving was at first without danger to the body politic. My Lords of Strogue, Vol. I (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union 2012-02-15T03:00:34.177Z
My going, upheaving as it had been in respect to my own adjustments, made hardly a ripple in the life around me. A Woman of Genius 2012-01-18T03:00:09.517Z
That same evening Paul paced up and down his rooms in Peckwater with all his soul strangely upheaved within him and tossed and racked by a dozen conflicting doubts and passions. Strange Stories 2012-01-16T03:00:05.067Z
Below the forest lie huge boulders of rock and yawning chasms, upheaved, says the legend, during the earthquake at the time of the Crucifixion. The Story of Assisi 2012-01-14T03:00:18.710Z
He reasoned that marine fossils are found entombed in rocky beds far remote from present seas; and that these beds were once sea bottoms that have been upheaved by convulsions of Nature. Scientific American, Vol. XXXVII.?No. 2. [New Series.], July 14, 1877 A Weekly Journal Of Practical Information, Art, Science, Mechanics, Chemistry, And Manufactures 2012-01-05T03:00:29.743Z
Shouted with perseverance, with ardor, with conviction, these two by their sound alone have set whole nations in motion and upheaved the dry, hard ground on which rests our whole social fabric. Modern Essays 2011-12-13T03:00:25.577Z
It was cold when upheaved, tearing apart the superincumbent stratified sedimentary rocks, which disappeared from the summits, and on all sides about these upheavals were twisted, contorted, thrown back, and fissured. Cornwall 2011-12-05T03:00:38.530Z
The Philippine beds of lignite have been violently upheaved by the cataclysms of former ages, and are often turned up vertically, as at the mines of Sugud in Albay. The Inhabitants of the Philippines 2011-11-23T03:00:21.653Z
That this conclusion is true is borne out by the fact that vast mountain ranges, like those at the close of the Jurassic and Cretaceous, are upheaved without bringing on glacial climates. Climatic Changes Their Nature and Causes 2011-10-28T02:00:24.840Z
Before their blinded vision, the green hills swimming in sunlight upheaved between them and all points of the horizon. Saul of Tarsus A Tale of the Early Christians 2011-10-28T02:00:22.437Z
Then would be heard strange rumbling noises underground, as all these heavily oppressed white-hot substances upheaved and rent the crust above them. Through Magic Glasses and Other Lectures A Sequel to The Fairyland of Science 2011-10-03T02:00:33.003Z
These granitic masses have upheaved the superincumbent beds of stratified rocks, partly melting them. Cornwall 2011-12-05T03:00:38.530Z
Suddenly Upheaved the land, upheaved the awful sea; The earth was riven; toppling forests bent, To sink and disappear in that vast rent! The Cassowary What Chanced in the Cleft Mountains 2011-09-24T02:00:16.927Z
She was almost spent; she had been struck by a log upheaved by some mighty wave, her hands were moving feebly, her eyes were closed, she was drowning, dying, but indomitably battling on. The Chalice Of Courage A Romance of Colorado 2011-09-22T02:00:25.630Z
From dynamical geology it learns by what agencies the materials of the earth’s crust have been formed, altered, broken, upheaved and melted. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 6 "Geodesy" to "Geometry" 2011-09-19T02:00:10.473Z
The laws of statics are contradicted by a thousand incidents in physics; a fluid overthrows the most stupendous mountains, and so proves that the heaviest substances may be upheaved by imponderable agents. The Works of Honor? de Balzac About Catherine de' Medici, Seraphita and Other Stories 2011-09-02T02:00:23.810Z
It is crowded with stone coffins; and, passing there in the twilight, one might expect to see flames upheaving their lids, and the elbows and shoulders of imprisoned followers of Epicurus. Limbo and Other Essays To which is now added Ariadne in Mantua 2011-08-25T02:00:33.233Z
Taras also felt his soul upheave, but he conquered his wrath, knowing the people. For the Right 2011-08-01T02:00:10.250Z
The current still ran swiftly, but with no gigantic upheaving waves as before. The Chalice Of Courage A Romance of Colorado 2011-09-22T02:00:25.630Z
The chain thus successively upheaved has been continuously exposed to denudation and has consequently lost much of its original height. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 6 "Geodesy" to "Geometry" 2011-09-19T02:00:10.473Z
Brown rocks, left bare by the receding tide, upheave their slippery backs, heavily festooned with seaweed, and the broad level sands lie wet and glistening in the sun. Dorrien of Cranston 2011-07-07T02:00:31.540Z
The shores of the bay rose precipitously from a beach of sand to an average height of 30 feet, and showed plainly the island formation of grey clay, sandstone, and overlying beds of upheaved coral. In the Andamans and Nicobars The Narrative of a Cruise in the Schooner "Terrapin" 2011-06-30T02:00:24.487Z
The Archimedian lever found a resting-place in his brain, and sundry of his thoughts seem not inapt to upheave the world. The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 2, September, 1851 2011-06-14T02:00:20.590Z
Somehow or other he got to the top at last; perhaps no man in all the ages since the world's first morning when God Himself upheaved the range had so achieved that goal. The Chalice Of Courage A Romance of Colorado 2011-09-22T02:00:25.630Z
Some of these movements are so slight as to be only recognizable by means of delicate instruments; but from this inferior limit they range up to gigantic convulsions by which mountain-chains are upheaved. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 6 "Geodesy" to "Geometry" 2011-09-19T02:00:10.473Z
All her life she had been servile—servile with the sudden rare tremendous insurrections that upheave certain natures brought up in servility, swift tempests more devastating than the steady fighting of systematic rebels. The Pastor's Wife 2011-06-02T02:00:23.873Z
They are distinctly characterised as a portion of the chain of oceanic elevation which began in former geological periods and still continues, by the upheaved coral banks, and by the continuous formation of coral reefs. In the Andamans and Nicobars The Narrative of a Cruise in the Schooner "Terrapin" 2011-06-30T02:00:24.487Z
He felt alone, upheaved, a dead man come back to life, but scarce alive; wherefore every human face he met beamed upon him like that of a new-found brother. Flower, Fruit, and Thorn Pieces; or, the Wedded Life, Death, and Marriage of Firmian Stanislaus Siebenkaes, Parish Advocate in the Burgh of Kuhschnappel. 2011-05-20T02:00:42.297Z
In connection with this district there is a remarkable fact; that by the agency of subterranean forces a large portion of Norway and Sweden is being slowly upheaved. The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 3, June, 1851 2011-05-18T02:00:14.897Z
They spoke of cutting off the bridges, of upheaving the sewers. History of the Commune of 1871 2011-05-07T02:00:33.113Z
The nervousness which resulted from hard work and a long struggle for existence had not only given him palsy, but had left him with an upheaving diaphragm. Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves: Volume I, Alabama Narratives 2011-05-04T02:00:16.830Z
They consist partly of compact coral limestone, partly of a coral and shell conglomerate upheaved 30 or 40 feet above the present level of the sea. In the Andamans and Nicobars The Narrative of a Cruise in the Schooner "Terrapin" 2011-06-30T02:00:24.487Z
It was as if some great earthquake had upheaved a new-created flowery plain, all dripping from the ocean, stretching further than the eye could reach, all rich in youthful powers and impulses. Flower, Fruit, and Thorn Pieces; or, the Wedded Life, Death, and Marriage of Firmian Stanislaus Siebenkaes, Parish Advocate in the Burgh of Kuhschnappel. 2011-05-20T02:00:42.297Z
Mrs. Morton thought that the children should not be ignorant of the most upheaving event that had stirred the world in centuries, but she did not permit any violent expressions of partisanship. Ethel Morton and the Christmas Ship 2011-05-03T02:00:15.220Z
For I wake in the gray dewy covert, while Hebron upheaves The dawn struggling with night on his shoulder, and Kidron retrieves Slow the damage of yesterday’s sunshine. Browning and the Dramatic Monologue 2011-04-30T02:00:14.330Z
And only then, also, did they perceive that they had passed from a world of uproar and elemental upheaving into a realm as secluded and quiet as a tomb. True and Other Stories 2011-04-26T02:00:27.117Z
An upheaved column of water lifted him with it, and held him balanced on its hot waves in mid-heaven. Titan: A Romance v. 1 (of 2) 2011-03-25T02:00:11.007Z
Granite, upheaved from the core of the world, is found in immense masses in the central portions of the State. Vermont A Study of Independence 2011-03-17T02:00:13.130Z
Then waves of riflemen ran forward, round the vast craters that had been flung open and across the first line of German trenches, frightfully upheaved and shattered. From Bapaume to Passchendaele, 1917 2011-03-04T03:01:00.007Z
Circular in form, with rounded summit, and a cruel upheaved coral coast, split up into ravines running deep into the land. A Modern Buccaneer 2011-03-02T03:00:23.990Z
They have not the sharp peak, but are broken and cliffy, and have apparently been upheaved at different periods. The Highlands of Ethiopia 2011-02-25T03:01:07.193Z
But the lines along which these agents act with greatest intensity have been determined in the first place by the subterranean forces which upheaved the solid crust into great table-lands or mountain undulations. Geology 2011-02-20T03:00:12.660Z
An eruption has upheaved the strata over a given surface in such a manner as to lift them into a mountain, cracking open the upper beds, but leaving the lower ones unbroken. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 11, No. 68, June, 1863 2011-02-11T03:00:30.570Z
A long rolling thunderclap shook all the sky, and flashes of lightning zigzagged over the Vimy Ridge, whitening the edges of its upheaved earth. From Bapaume to Passchendaele, 1917 2011-03-04T03:01:00.007Z
So thinking, he upheaved his mighty blade and aimed a terrible blow at Cambello. Tales from Spenser; Chosen from the Faerie Queene 2011-02-06T03:00:52.580Z
Neither man observed that, as they upheaved and rolled again, they had come upon something that gleamed like needles in the sunlight; something wide and gaping that lay there unseen and inconspicuous among the stones. The Mesa Trail 2011-01-27T03:00:37.207Z
The most tremendous displacing and revolutionizing thoughts were upheaving in him, with reference to Isabel; nor—though at the time he was hardly conscious of such a thing—were these thoughts wholly unwelcome to him. Pierre; or The Ambiguities 2011-01-17T03:00:45.163Z
He first demonstrated that the melted masses within the earth had upheaved the materials deposited in layers upon its surface, and had thus formed the mountains. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 11, No. 68, June, 1863 2011-02-11T03:00:30.570Z
The banks had been opened out by shell-craters, and several of the German dug-outs built into the sides of them were upheaved or choked. From Bapaume to Passchendaele, 1917 2011-03-04T03:01:00.007Z
She upheaved the heavy flour sack to the same secure shelf with the upraised palm of an Egyptian caryatid.” The Life of Bret Harte With Some Account of the California Pioneers 2011-01-14T03:00:47.427Z
The ground sloping down to the valley, and the valley itself was a network of German trenches—mostly turned into a maze of upheaved earth-mounds by shell-fire—studded with many machine-gun posts. The Irish on the Somme Being a Second Series of 'The Irish at the Front' 2011-01-12T03:00:32.843Z
But I saw thee, Pierre; and, more than ever filled my mother toward thy father, Pierre, then upheaved in me. Pierre; or The Ambiguities 2011-01-17T03:00:45.163Z
The mountain-ranges upheaved by ancient eruptions, on the contrary, are folds of the earth's surface, produced by the cooling of a comparatively thin crust upon a hot mass. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 11, No. 68, June, 1863 2011-02-11T03:00:30.570Z
At that moment my very soul seemed to be upheaved towards heaven with the words that came from my mouth. The Pobratim A Slav Novel 2011-01-11T03:00:27.460Z
Then during the night they upheave their backs to relieve themselves of the pressure, and thus shake the walling to a fall.”’ The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries 2011-01-06T03:00:47.543Z
Their ears were stunned by shattering explosions, and looking ahead, they saw the earth in two places upheaving, hundreds of feet high, in black masses of smoke. The Irish on the Somme Being a Second Series of 'The Irish at the Front' 2011-01-12T03:00:32.843Z
One would have it stop, take heed, upheave.... My Actor-Husband A true story of American stage life 2011-01-03T03:01:07.697Z
Others are relics of an earlier geological period, when land areas 736 recently upheaved from the sea were spread at low levels with alternate inundations of salt and fresh water. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens"
Beyond the hollow stretched a belt of upheaved ridges of brick-red sandstone. The Trail of Conflict
We must notice another thing which happens when rocks are being upheaved and bent into curves. The Geological Story of the Isle of Wight
See the upheaving throes of the volcano that is rocking us in the consuming cradle of civil discord! Sages and Heroes of the American Revolution
For there was precious water within those upheaved walls; it was but three miles from portal to portal; the slight climb to the divide had not been grudged. Bransford of Rainbow Range Originally Published under the title of Bransford in Arcadia, or, The Little Eohippus
The geologist however has discovered in various parts of the world, the most positive evidence of the upheaving and subsidence of immense tracts of territory, by the stupendous operations of subterranean convulsions. Memoranda on Tours and Touraine Including remarks on the climate with a sketch of the Botany And Geology of the Province also on the Wines and Mineral Waters of France
Accompanied with a violent noise, as on the eruption of a small mud-volcano, the upheaved earth is hurled high into the air. With the World's Great Travellers, Volume 2
Early in our studies we noticed the great curves into which the upheaved strata have been thrown, and that on the northern side of the anticline the strata are in places vertical. The Geological Story of the Isle of Wight
It was a grim, desolate part of the country; the bare rocks, upheaved in strange shapes and unclothed by any greenery, seemed like the skeleton of the earth exposed to view. A Pair of Schoolgirls A Story of School Days
That is to say, you saw and crossed only the highest crests of the upheaved region, crests forming a ridge. The Tremendous Event
At various elevations the gneiss may be found intersected by veins of trap rock, upheaved whilst in a state of fusion subsequent to the consolidation of the former. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 7 "Cerargyrite" to "Charing Cross"
Repentance must be a wonderful emotion—that upheaving, ecstatic repentance that follows big sins. Shadows of Flames A Novel
The Alps and the Himalaya, largely composed of Cretaceous and Eocene rocks, were upheaved into great mountain ranges. The Geological Story of the Isle of Wight
But is it reasonable to expect, after the waste caused by denudation, that calcareous masses, gradually upheaved in an open sea, should retain such vast thicknesses? Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology
The mountains huge appear Emergent, and their broad bare backs upheave Into the clouds, their tops ascend the sky. The Origin of the World According to Revelation and Science
The captain was inclined to be corpulent and was full-blooded, so that, when the leaves covered him, he breathed heavily, and a close observer could notice a regular upheaving of the mass of leaves. The Bright Side of Prison Life Experience, In Prison and Out, of an Involuntary Soujouner in Rebellion
Then, a golden mystery upheaved itself on the horizon—a beautiful winking wonder that blazed in the sun, of a shape that was neither Muslim dome nor Hindu temple spire. From Sea to Sea Letters of Travel
To understand our river systems we must go back to the time when strata formed by deposit of sediment in the sea were upheaved above the sea level. The Geological Story of the Isle of Wight
That the existing lands were not all upheaved at once into their present position is proved by the most striking evidence. Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology
What a commotion, what an upheaving and swelling, there is in the soul of youth, until it comes to some expression, like an opening blossom! Villa Eden: The Country-House on the Rhine
Every upheave seemed to be followed by a downward settling plunge, as though the ship were already on her way to the bottom. A Veldt Vendetta
A moment passed, the upheave of the shoulders became more pronounced, he rose swiftly and walked to Cassandra’s side. Lady Cassandra
And now, once more, is there not an upheaving of humanity from beneath? and over society as it is, does not once more loom the shadow of a coming change?  About London
It appears that some of the parallel ridges which compose the Cordilleras, instead of being contemporaneous, were successively and slowly upheaved at widely different epochs. Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology
Eric stationed himself near the helmsman, who whistled incessantly in a low tone: and lost in thought he looked at the upheaved water and the shore. Villa Eden: The Country-House on the Rhine
There was a quick gliding movement, an upheave and a bump—and then—crash came one of the mighty rollers as before. A Veldt Vendetta
But they had heard of him, no doubt, in Jewish circles as a very dangerous man who was upheaving and subverting established traditions and principles. St. Paul's Epistle to the Romans, Vol. I A Practical Exposition
Every day of my life I will upheave my soul from its inmost fastenings, and not suffer a blur to settle upon it. Black Forest Village Stories
Plains have been upheaved into hills by the confined air seeking vent; as at Trœzene in the Peloponnesus. Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology
Once more the hundreds of centuries of erosion came, to be followed by the upheaving of the newer mountains of the Fourth or Quaternary Age. The Boy With the U.S. Miners
To my unspeakable and heartfelt relief we were now on the upheave of the curling combers, and those horrible fins were still behind. A Veldt Vendetta
There was such a shouting, an upheaving, a frenzy, a delirium, that the very thought of it even now makes my head whirl. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 20, September, 1877.
But dip out as much as he would there seemed no abatement in the upheaving of the snowy cereal, and the kettles continued to foam over like so many huge glasses of soda water. Si Klegg, Book 1 (of 6) His Transformation From A Raw Recruit To A Veteran
Whether its waves may once have had access to the great valley before the ancient portion of Etna was upheaved to its present elevation, is a question which will naturally present itself to every geologist. Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology
"Seems as if it's goin' to be a hurricane," remarked old Andrew Clark, looking out across the upheaving waters. My Brave and Gallant Gentleman A Romance of British Columbia
A living mountain of water The sea upheaves with might. Poems and Ballads of Heinrich Heine
Miles—for though that speck in the sky into which they upheave their mighty altitudes, be doubtless an eagle, we cannot hear its cry. Recreations of Christopher North, Volume I (of 2)
These are of course the unsubmerged, and therefore more recent strata, and may have been recently upheaved during one or more of the outbursts of volcanic energy. Volcanoes: Past and Present
If the upheaving of the coast of Portugal had caused the retreat, the motion of the waters, when propagated to Madeira, would have produced a wave previous to the retreat. Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology
In fact, Moses did feel that sort of tumult and upheaving of the soul which a young man experiences when the great crisis comes which is to plunge him into the struggles of manhood. The Pearl of Orr's Island A Story of the Coast of Maine
In the realm of shades, on a throne of gold, By the side of her royal spouse, behold Fair Proserpine, With gloomy mien, While deep sighs upheave her bosom. Poems and Ballads of Heinrich Heine
Midst the falling leaves of old-time faiths, above the frozen crust of creed and dogma, the divine Mind-force, filling all space and having all power, upheaves the earth. Miscellaneous Writings, 1883-1896
In a radical upheaving the people demand eternal principles on which to stand. The Life and Work of Susan B. Anthony (Volume 2 of 2) Including Public Addresses, Her Own Letters and Many From Her Contemporaries During Fifty Years
As to the area in northern Europe which is subject to this slow upheaving movement, we have not as yet sufficient data for estimating it correctly. Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology
A whole new nature is blindly upheaving itself, with cravings and clamorings, which neither the boy himself nor often surrounding friends understand. The Pearl of Orr's Island A Story of the Coast of Maine
The city rocked as if upheaved by an earthquake. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 92, June, 1865
Through the upheaving in his mind, Bat Scanlon managed to squeeze a reply to Nora's question which held some traces of plausibility. Ashton-Kirk, Criminologist
The Navy stands upheaved and the midshipmen sent their battle cry ringing across the field. News Writing The Gathering , Handling and Writing of News Stories
He alludes, for example, to the upheaving of one of the Eolian islands previous to a volcanic eruption. Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology
It seems as if, in times long gone by, the soil was upheaved, en masse, from the bottom of the sea, by volcanic forces. Vestiges of the Mayas or, Facts Tending to Prove that Communications and Intimate Relations Must Have Existed, in very Remote Times, Between the Inhabitants of Mayab and Those of Asia and Africa
If this is true, the forward step Italy is about to take need not, please God! be made in blood and violent social upheaving. Records of Later Life
He was awe-struck by the fury of the elements, by the limitless expanse of upheaving waters, by the long, white-crested seas racing down the wind. Fire Mountain A Thrilling Sea Story
Great masses of flesh upheaved and fell away. The Fifth-Dimension Tube
Lastly, some chains are comparatively modern; such as the Alps, which were partly upheaved after the middle tertiary period. Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology
Jesus certainly did acquire the messianic consciousness––and thereby upheaved the world. Carmen Ariza
The whole earth had been upheaved, and in each of the mud-hills men had burrowed innumerable paths, seven feet deep. How I Filmed the War A Record of the Extraordinary Experiences of the Man Who Filmed the Great Somme Battles, etc.
There came a rush—an upheaving of the waters, which flung her high into the darkness—a blow that made her little bark quake in all its timbers—a plunge—a black rush of waters. Mabel's Mistake
Myself, and not myself, I sit here as if I had just come out of the upheaving of an earthquake. Phemie Frost's Experiences
Permanent elevation and subsidence.—It is easy to conceive that the shattered rocks may assume an arched form during a convulsion, so that the country above may remain permanently upheaved. Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology
The rapid upheaving swells of that fair bosom tell of affection withered, not by remorse, but by superstition? Ancient and Modern Celebrated Freethinkers Reprinted From an English Work, Entitled "Half-Hours With The Freethinkers."
These evils are sot too firm on American soil, it will take a greater power than Miss Meechim’s tracts to upheave ’em. Around the World with Josiah Allen's Wife
I never had liked the girl; now, this upheaving of the dark blood, from which all that made her kin to me revolted, even in her own system, shocked and humiliated me. Mabel's Mistake
On every side, as if the flanks of some great whale were upheaving from below, there appeared stretches of glistening mud. Robinetta
Throughout a great part of the space thus recently shaken in South America, cities were laid in ruins, or the land was permanently upheaved, or mountainous waves rolled inland from the Pacific. Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology
Milton's and Dante's description of flame.the image of Leviathan before suggested not being yet abandoned, the effect on the fire-wave is described as of the upheaved monster on the ocean stream. Modern Painters Volume II (of V)
Meanwhile, how would the surfaces of the upheaved masses be occupied? Essays: Scientific, Political, & Speculative, Vol. I
Their walls, of a dull, yellowish red, seem more like an upheaving of the soil itself, than massive stone piled up by the labor of man. Mabel's Mistake
Ridge after rocky ridge upheaves      A toppling crest that falls in spray Where the tormented beach receives      The buffets of the sea's wild play. Silhouettes
The 30th, the country became unexpectedly rugged, as if it had been upheaved by some volcanic commotion; the cones and peaks increased indefinitely in number, and were very high. The Voyages and Adventures of Captain Hatteras
When out of the castle himself he perceived, His voice in a ditty again he upheaved. Signelil a Tale from the Cornish, and Other Ballads
The strata which were once horizontal are now so no longer—they have been tilted and upheaved, bent and distorted, in many places. Pioneers of Science
The strata of rock, deposited or upheaved, preserve their horizontal and parallel courses. Our Italy
“And then King Siggeir’s roof-tree upheaved for its utmost fall, And its huge walls clashed together, and its mean and lowly things The fire of death confounded with the tokens of the kings.” Myths of the Norsemen From the Eddas and Sagas
This new party, now emerging from the lowest strata of society, upheaving all its superincumbent masses, consisted of the wan, the starving, the haggard, the reckless. Madame Roland, Makers of History
Tearing away the sand on either side, floods of fresh water rush out furiously against floods of salt water leaping in, upheaved into mighty waves by the winter gale. Rambles Beyond Railways; or, Notes in Cornwall taken A-foot
In a radical upheaving, the people demand eternal principles to stand upon. History of Woman Suffrage, Volume II
Conservatives said the divorce measures proposed would upheave the whole social fabric. History of Woman Suffrage, Volume I
I felt it in the instant upheaving of my heart, and the flushing that suddenly fevered my cheeks. The Quadroon Adventures in the Far West
To the south-east of the lake is the Monte Nuovo, a volcanic hill upheaved in 1538, with a deep extinct crater in the centre. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon"
But—but—she is helpless against it, doubt is upheaving the foundations of her heart! The Wagnerian Romances
This was the Orinoco, rolling with irrepressible power and majesty sea-wards, and often upheaving its billows like the ocean when lashed to fury by the wind.... The Discovery of America Vol. 1 (of 2) with some account of Ancient America and the Spanish Conquest
They were running their course before the Himalaya were upheaved, and they kept wearing out a channel for themselves as the mountains rose and slowly over-towered them. The Heart of Nature or, The Quest for Natural Beauty
He prepared the world for Adam and his seed, and He did so by some wonderful upheaving and overturning; this scientists will admit.  The Lost Ten Tribes, and 1882
I discern in Mr. Dreiser the same obstinate tenacity of purpose, the same occult perception of subterranean forces, the same upheaving, plough-like "drive" through the materials of life and character. Suspended Judgments Essays on Books and Sensations
But, secondly, there is a vast upheaving of thought from the depths of commonplace learning. A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume II
All the southern part of this valley, with its woods, its cultivated fields, and its broad river, was upheaved. Complete Story of the San Francisco Horror
Towers took shape and islands upheaved, crowned with dark fortresses. Cavanaugh: Forest Ranger A Romance of the Mountain West
Unmoved witnesses of the innumerable revolutions that have upheaved our planet, the Lingulae are to-day what they were at the remotest times of the paleozoic era. Creative Evolution
A hurricane was upheaving every memory of his mind. A Son of Hagar A Romance of Our Time
He it is who sends these great convulsions, or who directs the slow upheaving of new land. Famous Islands and Memorable Voyages
The truth is, Leslie, I went into that place expecting to see it all torn up or upheaved or something of the kind—something very definite, anyway. The Dragon's Secret
The frozen crust was seen to upheave: and, the next moment, the head of the fox, and afterwards his whole body, appeared above the surface. Popular Adventure Tales
His eye burned like live coal, his cheek-bones seemed to have upheaved. The Manxman A Novel - 1895
The leaf-buds of the lilacs were swelling, and the flower-beds in the garden were gently upheaved, as if with the movements of invisible life. Jack 1877
He sang such wondrous spells that the mountains and the rocks began to tremble, and the sea was upheaved as if by a great storm. Finnish Legends for English Children
The sedimentary or stratified rocks are formed of particles carried down by water and deposited at the bottom of the primeval seas from which they have been upheaved in the course of geological changes. Elements of Agricultural Chemistry
Clinging around its base was a range of sharp, upheaving crags, from one hundred to two hundred feet in height, which formed an almost impassable barrier to the mountain itself from the valley adjoining. The International Monthly, Volume 2, No. 4, March, 1851
The small stream, which is now reduced to a mere rill by the prolonged droughts, forces its way between walls of rock, upheaved in huge blocks like regular mason-work. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2 No 4, October, 1862 Devoted To Literature And National Policy
Through the open window they saw a superb autumnal landscape, long country roads bordered with leafless trees; and beyond, the old country cemetery, its yew-trees prostrated, and its crosses upheaved. Jack 1877
On the other hand, coasts merely fringed by reefs cannot have subsided to any perceptible amount, and therefore they must, since the growth of their corals, either have remained stationary or have been upheaved. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 19 — Travel and Adventure
But the problem justified worry, the simple, relatively insignificant problem of the children here and now, with all thought of flaming skies and upheaved earth put firmly aside. Long Ago, Far Away
The slabs of coloured mosaic which paved the lower basin upheaved, as if the earth beneath were bursting, and scattered from side to side, falling over the crushed lines. The Car of Destiny
The first real upheaving of any genuine force, national or personal, in European life tore through all their meshes in a moment. A History of the Four Georges, Volume I
Some of them are like gigantic wildernesses of upheaved pudding stone. Lines in Pleasant Places Being the Aftermath of an Old Angler
Marks of shell and ball were frequent, in furrows and holes, where the clay had been upheaved. Campaigns of a Non-Combatant, and His Romaunt Abroad During the War
The whole region of the desert is upheaved—an elevated table-land. The Scalp Hunters
The kingdom of the devil was upheaved from its foundations. My Daily Meditation for the Circling Year
The frozen crust was seen to upheave; and, the next moment, the head of the fox, and afterwards his whole body, appeared above the surface. The Young Voyageurs Boy Hunters in the North
There tumbled over stupendous rocks upheaving masses of pure white foam, true type of the great foss of the Norwegian river in all its thunder and impetuous onrush. Lines in Pleasant Places Being the Aftermath of an Old Angler
The islands are of coral formation, but, from some mighty convulsion of nature, the rock on which the coral was placed has been upheaved, and now in many places appears above it. A Voyage round the World A book for boys
The volcanic fires have been more active there; and though that may have been thousands of years ago, the igneous rocks in many places look as if freshly upheaved. The Scalp Hunters
Everything had been got ready for a start, when one morning the party in the hut were awakened by a more violent upheaving of the earth beneath them than they had yet experienced. The Rival Crusoes
They will call upon the upheaved rocks to hide them from the wrath of God. Quiet Talks on the Crowned Christ of Revelation
Let us hope the direful upheaving, which is now felt throughout the Union, is the earthquake that will bury it forever. Among the Pines or, South in Secession Time
It seemed to us that in this little while cities might have been destroyed, governments overthrown, new islands upheaved and old ones swallowed out of sight. Over the Rocky Mountains to Alaska
The shock lasted half a minute, and the falling débris of the upheaved buildings caused 400 deaths, whilst 2,000 persons were wounded. The Philippine Islands
Vast showers of splinters of ice fell as if from the sky, and rained like arrows through the smoke, but if there were any great blocks uphove they did not touch the ship. The Frozen Pirate
The dimpling smile, with sweetness fraught, The bosom, 'mid its snow, upheaving; Who, that had seen them, could have thought That things so fair could be deceiving? The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume V. The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century
The country of the hills of mud, the land of Mu was sacrificed: being twice upheaved it suddenly disappeared during the night, the basin being continually shaken by volcanic forces. The Story of Atlantis and the Lost Lemuria
He found several, and tried to split them by laying them on a flat stone, upheaving another stone as large as he could lift, and hurling it down on them with all his might. The Island Queen
These, however, were quickly met and speared by the natives, while ever and anon the great mass was upheaved by the frantic struggles of some gigantic creature that was being smothered at the bottom. The Gorilla Hunters
The latter was mightily amused by the adventure, and continued for a considerable time afterwards to upheave his huge shoulders with suppressed laughter. The Giant of the North Pokings Round the Pole
They are supposed to have been upheaved from the bottom of the sea by volcanic agency; but they are not themselves volcanic in their nature, neither are they of coral formation. The Coral Island
In a moment the ice round the ship was rent and upheaved, as if some leviathan of the deep were rising from beneath it and the vessel swung slowly round. The World of Ice
Without speaking, Lawrence mounted the horse which stood ready for him, and they all rode silently away, picking their steps with great care through the upheaved and obstructed streets. The Rover of the Andes A Tale of Adventure on South America
A naked land seemingly upheaved by some gigantic cataclysm of nature, lying tumbled and broken where it had fallen in convulsive agony; and then congealed forever in a grip of ice. Tarrano the Conqueror
After going some distance to the south, we reached a region which had apparently, at no remote period, been covered by the sea—probably upheaved by some convulsion of nature. Twice Lost
Then came on a sudden and slow upheaving of the deep, followed quickly by a loud rushing noise. Mark Seaworth
She plunged more violently than before amid the raging sea, and in another moment I felt certain we must be among the upheaving masses. Peter the Whaler
The ground rose slightly as we advanced, showing that the island had been upheaved, since first formed by its minute architects, owing to some volcanic convulsion far down in the depths of the ocean. The Cruise of the Dainty Rovings in the Pacific
Rolling hills; and then places where nature had upheaved into a turmoil. Tarrano the Conqueror
A second flash revealed to us the masts falling by the board, and every timber and plank upheaving amid the foam—another came, and not a vestige of the vessel remained. The Pirate of the Mediterranean A Tale of the Sea
In spite of the upheaving motion of the ship, and the peculiar sensation as she rushed down the watery declivity into the deep valley between the seas, I fell asleep. James Braithwaite, the Supercargo The Story of his Adventures Ashore and Afloat
We watched for the upheaving of the mole's run which came at last. Wild Nature Won By Kindness
The Eagle was lifted high, blades were upheaved threateningly again. The Eagle of the Empire A Story of Waterloo
When the angel of the Lord comes down to trouble the waters, one would expect rather to see oceans upheaved than a trifling ripple in an insignificant pond. Hours in a Library, Volume I. (of III.)
Such an art, having passed a period of tameless and extravagant dominance, at length becomes a fossil, and is regarded only as an evidence of social upheaving in a remote and unaccountable age. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 83, September, 1864
Every gesture, the upheaved shoulders, the sideward droop of the head, the forward toss of the hands, palms to the front, all as much as said, "Don't ask me." To The Front A Sequel to Cadet Days
As I stand here in this circle, the ground upheaved there and that hole in the ground, I think of something else that we stand around sometimes. Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Twelfth Annual Meeting Lancaster, Pennsylvania, October 6 and 7, 1921
The streets upheave, and sink again, like waves; And shattered piles and shapeless wrecks are strewn with human graves. Poems Teachers Ask For, Book Two
Was this a centre of creation, or were the fowls upheaved with the Andes? The Andes and the Amazon Across the Continent of South America
High above me, on the left, soared the enormous twin peaks of pale-blue rock, lying half in the shadow of the mountain slope upheaved beneath, half bathed in the deep yellow luster of sunset. Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Volume 8 Italy and Greece, Part Two
What, then, must we expect when we come to the upheaved regions—to the districts broken and roughened from volcanic eruptions and subterraneous commotions? A Journey to the Centre of the Earth
Each body of water has its own currents, but when the hurricane is abroad they mysteriously intermingle, and from the ocean to the remotest mountain lake the same tremor will upheave them all. Life of St. Francis of Assisi
"The earth is freshly upheaved; great trees, partly uprooted, slant at every angle from the sides of the enormous piles of newly upturned earth; sand and stones are still sliding from the raw ridges." Police!!!
This has in the three areas undergone varying degrees of pressure, and has been upheaved at different angles. To The Gold Coast for Gold, Vol. II A Personal Narrative
For a moment the canoe pauses, steadies herself, then dips her head as the stern upheaves, and down we plunge among more rocks than ever. The Drama of the Forests Romance and Adventure
The mass, giving way to some prodigious upheaving of nature, had split in two, leaving the vast gap into which we inhabitants of the earth had penetrated for the first time. A Journey to the Centre of the Earth
Meanwhile great Neptune, sore amazed, perceived The storm let loose, the turmoil of the sky, And ocean from its lowest depths upheaved. The Æneid of Virgil Translated into English Verse by E. Fairfax Taylor
Three days they ride that country, and many a city leave, But the fourth dawn mighty mountains by the inner sea upheave. The Story of Sigurd the Volsung and the Fall of the Niblungs
A monster shell struck the bank immediately above me, upheaving the ground and completely burying me and half a dozen others. S.O.S. Stand to!
A stairway leading to the upper world For the ascent of gnomes, who dwelt beneath In those huge tidal caves which underlaid Old Thug, upheaved from earth in ancient times. The Arctic Queen
It seemed to have been rudely cast up, convulsionized, as it were, by a violent upheaving of the lower strata. A Journey to the Centre of the Earth
And the soul of Big Sam upheaved itself. Kate Bonnet The Romance of a Pirate's Daughter
And then King Siggeir's roof-tree upheaved for its utmost fall, And its huge walls clashed together, and its mean and lowly things The fire of death confounded with the tokens of the kings. The Story of Sigurd the Volsung and the Fall of the Niblungs
With the view of upheaving Switzerland, Lenin and Co. sent a Legation to its capital, the principle being, no doubt, that before you cut another people's throat you must first establish friendly relations. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 159, 1920-09-29
There is, besides, a constant interchange of electricities between the ocean and the burning mountains, the upheaving from the ocean bed having probably some connection with the reparatory powers. Another World Fragments from the Star City of Montalluyah
I myself had a strange feeling of giddiness, as if an ocean had been upheaved, and I thought that for the first time for thirty years Germany had found a poet of Victory. Musicians of To-Day
It is a surface prodigiously reticulated, upheaved and depressed, apparently without the slightest order or system. All Around the Moon
But she, retiring, with strong grasp upheaved A rugged stone, black, ponderous, from the plain,475 A land-mark fixt by men of ancient times, Which hurling at the neck of stormy Mars She smote him. The Iliad of Homer Translated into English Blank Verse by William Cowper
For I wake in the gray dewy covert, while Hebron, upheaves The dawn struggling with night on his shoulder, and Kidron retrieves Slow the damage of yesterday's sunshine. Browning's Shorter Poems
At this instant he espied among the thick, upheaved ice-cakes two great fragments leaning against each other in such a way as to form a roof with something like a small room underneath. Our Boys Entertaining Stories by Popular Authors
We live on a volcanic mass, which at any moment may upheave and blow us to glory without the benefit of the clergy, the most of whom are in the army of Dixie. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 6, June, 1862 Devoted To Literature and National Policy
It is obvious that the chalk must have been upheaved and converted into dry land before the timber trees could grow upon it. Young Folks' Library, Volume XI (of 20) Wonders of Earth, Sea and Sky
Ideas are upheaved in a tossing surge of words. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 78, April, 1864
This deed, this breath dilates to the proportions of Spirit, and upheaves the low roof of Time, which is no sky for the soul. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 76, February, 1864
"She made it clear her feelings were very much upheaved," answered Bob; "but she didn't make it clear what her feelings were; because she didn't say 'yes' and she didn't say 'no.'" The Torch and Other Tales
Others will upheave the blacksmith's hammer, or drive the plane over the carpenter's bench, or take the lapstone and the awl, and learn the trade of shoe-making. True Stories of History and Biography
Just so, it is believed, were the white chalk cliffs built—gradually prepared on the ocean-floor, and then slowly or suddenly upheaved, so as to become a part of the dry land. Young Folks' Library, Volume XI (of 20) Wonders of Earth, Sea and Sky
Then came the sun, upheaving above the horizon like a ship of glory, and all the whiteness burned, and glowed, and radiated jewel-lights. 'Doc.' Gordon
Into the yellow mist that might have been smoke from hell streaked the boat, out upon a curving billow, then down! down! upon an upheaving curl of frothy water. The Day of the Beast
It is I who must find this treasure, this fulcrum to the lever which is going to upheave France. A Splendid Hazard
Nature's untaught children dance in wood and glade, stimulated of leg by the sunshine with which they are soaken top full—the same quickening emanation that inspires the growing tree and upheaves the hill. The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce, Volume 8 Epigrams, On With the Dance, Negligible Tales
For now and again some part of the sea-bottom was upheaved, slowly or quickly, till it became dry land. Young Folks' Library, Volume XI (of 20) Wonders of Earth, Sea and Sky
Where the hollow was, a mound Rises from the upheaved ground. The Lancashire Witches A Romance of Pendle Forest
The entire family has been upheaved, and is striving to adjust itself to its new surroundings. Democracy and Social Ethics
From the soil of slavery itself have sprung forth some of the most brilliant productions, whose logical levers will ultimately upheave and overthrow the system. Narrative of the Life and Adventures of Henry Bibb, an American Slave, Written by Himself
She crouched beside the upheaved root, The bubbling venom touched her foot; Then with a sucking gasping sound It ebbed back o'er the blighted ground. Poems By The Way & Love Is Enough
At last the besiegers undermined the walls, and placing beneath hundreds of barrels of gunpowder, as with the burst of a volcano, uphove the massive bastions to the clouds. The Empire of Russia
And singing his wild jubilee to the low-moaning pines and the cedars, Rushes on to the unsalted sea o'er the ledges upheaved by volcanoes. The Feast of the Virgins and Other Poems
At its western extremity the canyon forms the gate-way to a shut-in valley of upheaved hills and inferior mountains isolated by wide stretches of rolling grassland. The Taming of Red Butte Western
He loved to attack, to upheave, to overthrow. For the Faith
Then with the sobbing grief he strove, For he saw his name thereon; And the heart within his breast uphove As the pen's tale now he won. Poems By The Way & Love Is Enough
The fire, communicating with a powder magazine, produced an explosion which uphove the buildings like an earthquake, and prostrated more than a third of a mile of the city walls. The Empire of Russia
The change in the direction of the coast at Arica appears to be in consequence of the altered course of the fissure, above which the Cordillera of the Andes has been upheaved. COSMOS: A Sketch of the Physical Description of the Universe, Vol. 1
But only deep and shuddering groans, upheaving from the poor girl's bosom, answered her. The Missing Bride
This drifting ship, if watched, may be seen to ground upon the upheaved vestiges of ancient civilizations, and fall to pieces. Five Years of Theosophy
But suddenly the world upheaved behind the leaders. The Elephant God
There was a vast movement in the sky, as if the darkness were being visibly upheaved and rolled away westwards by the wind. The Divine Fire
Attempts to determine the centre of gravity of the volume of the lands upheaved above the level p 21 of the sea. COSMOS: A Sketch of the Physical Description of the Universe, Vol. 1
To some seats slightly elevated, not far from the dais, his attention was at length challenged by an upheaving and billowing of purple and black. Romance Island
Nor was Virginia's Natural Bridge worn under in a year; nor, in geology, were the eternal Grampians upheaved in an age. Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. I
When originally upheaved above the ocean its shape was in all probability nearly circular, with a prolongation in the direction of north-east. Ceylon; an Account of the Island Physical, Historical, and Topographical with Notices of Its Natural History, Antiquities and Productions, Volume 1
Here the coast was upheaved into terraces of grey limestone, topped by a layer of sand riddled with rabbit holes. The Divine Fire
All the refinements, all the education, all the comparative justice, of modern society, have been gradually upheaved from some such depth as this. Women and the Alphabet A Series of Essays
The column had fallen from its base, eastward, and with its base it had upheaved another buried base, laying bare a sort of cellar and a flight of stone steps descending into darkness. The Tracer of Lost Persons
Now, however, came the news that all was over—that the deed was done—and soon there was seen such an upheaving of national emotion as had not been witnessed in Ireland for a century. The Wearing of the Green, or The Prosecuted Funeral Procession
You who recede before the sight of raw emotions with every delicacy shamed, do not turn from the spectacle of Mae Munroe prone there on the floor, her bosom upheaved and her mouth too loose. Every Soul Hath Its Song
Standing apart in its own green lands, it looked older than the young red earth beneath it, a mass upheaved from the grey foundations of the hills. The Divine Fire
In countless ways did this upheaving of society operate in the same direction with those deeper forces which were beginning to stir the Churches of Britain, and to quicken them into new life. Parish Papers
Societies which have been upheaved to their roots by anarchy, panic, or any of these more perfervid emotions, revert to the primitive state. A Master of Fortune Being Further Adventures of Captain Kettle
At the northern part of the island, where a convent stands, a low cliff fringes the shore, being an upper stratum of the upheaved reef. The Story of the Philippines and Our New Possessions, Including the Ladrones, Hawaii, Cuba and Porto Rico The Eldorado of the Orient
No attempted oratory with him! no prepared surprises! no playhouse tricks! no studied graces in wafture of hands and upheaved eyes! Paul Faber, Surgeon
One of the Andean peaks upheaved on this occasion was the colossal mass of Aconcagua, which overlooks Valparaiso, and measures nearly 24,000 feet in height. The Story of the Herschels
A maddening wail went up, and for a moment she tottered on the apex of an elevation like a wooden idol upheaved by an earthquake. A Bicycle of Cathay
We crossed the upheaved plain, then the strip of white, and reached the crinkly floor of yellow salt. Tales of lonely trails
And then the dust will sink, The upheaved mound to its old shape will shrink, And we shall turn again from Time's dusk brink. Poems New and Old
There was no slacking of the engines, and astern of her the water leaped from her rudder in a great upheaved, foaming mass, some 7 ft. or 8 ft. high. Scientific American Supplement, No. 595, May 28, 1887
In a moment the ice round the ship was rent, and upheaved, as if some leviathan of the deep were rising from beneath it, and the vessel swung slowly round. The World of Ice
Periodically the city is rent and upheaved in unison with the surrounding changes of tide. People of the Whirlpool
Above all this wondrous coloration upheaved the bare breast of the mountain, growing darker with earthy browns, up to the gray old rock ramparts. Tales of lonely trails
He upheaved his massive shoulders, his gleaming head rose high, and in the glaring light they saw that his face had lost all sweetness and humility; it was now the visage of a madman. Laughing Bill Hyde and Other Stories
The fountains of my heart gave way, the sympathies of my nature were upheaved, and for two hours I wept on unrestrained. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 41, March, 1861
And so it was that, from the first, Tolstoy brought with him a disturbing and incalculable magic—an upheaving force, like leaven stirring in the dough, or like a sword in unconditioned and unchartered peace. Essays in Rebellion
But nothing was clear to him save the monstrous fact suddenly upheaved in his path. The Custom of the Country
The sea of black and threatening waters, and of destructive upheaving of wave against wave, whose depths were yet unfathomed and whose forces were yet unknown. A Tale of Two Cities
On the quartz, there rest beds of a conglomerate several thousand feet in thickness, which have been upheaved by the red granite, and dip at an angle of 45 degs. towards the Peuquenes line. The Voyage of the Beagle
After running on a down grade for some time, five distinct ranges of mountains, one above another, a lurid blue against a lurid sky, upheaved themselves above the prairie sea. A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains
Yet no single cirrus-speck revealed itself through all the violet heights: there was no wind!—you might have fancied the sea had been upheaved from beneath ... Chita: a Memory of Last Island
They are supposed to have been upheaved from the bottom of the sea by volcanic agency, but they are not themselves volcanic in their nature, neither are they of coral formation.  The Coral Island A Tale of the Pacific Ocean
Famine and Sword, the raging sky and sea, And Earth upheaved, have laid such numbers low: But ne'er one man's revenge. Pharsalia; Dramatic Episodes of the Civil Wars
Then silence, hollow, breathless, stony silence enveloped the great abyss and its upheaved lava walls. Desert Gold
I was awoke by a heavy breathing, a noise something like sawing under the floor, and a pushing and upheaving, all very loud. A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains
The island of Koh-ring, a great, black, upheaved ridge amongst a lot of tiny islets, lying upon the glassy water like a triton amongst minnows, seemed to be the centre of the fatal circle. The Shadow Line; a confession
For miles in every direction the sea swelled and upheaved into great peaked waves, the repeller rising upon these almost high enough to look down into the awful chasms which her bombs were making. The Great War Syndicate
At length the old woman with the lantern stopped, and Charity saw the light fall on the stooping shoulders of the bearers and on a ridge of upheaved earth over which they were bending. Summer
Part way it led through spiked, crested, upheaved lava that would have been almost impassable even without its silver coating of choya cactus. Desert Gold
No volcanic hills appeared to the westward of this trio, which thus seem to mark the place where the upheaving forces have most affected the interior structure of Australia. Journal of an Expedition into the Interior of Tropical Australia
The floor of heads broke as though upheaved by an earthquake, and the house rose, rustling and murmurous, and began crowding into the aisles. Treasure and Trouble Therewith A Tale of California
The dock ceased taking the upheaved water with her slow, constant, aggressive movement. The Cruise of the Dry Dock
I never did, and many years went by; Then, near a Southern port, one Christmas Eve, I watched a gale go roaring through the sky, Making the cauldrons of the clouds upheave. Georgian Poetry 1913-15
Shallow Pleissen deep is flowing;   Plains upheaving,   The dead receiving, Seem to mountains for us growing. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 57, July, 1862
We discover that Lady Macbeth was an unbeliever morally, and so found it necessary to keep down all imagination, which is the upheaving of that inward world whose very being she would have annihilated. A Dish of Orts : Chiefly Papers on the Imagination, and on Shakespeare
It missed and upheaved the water like an earthquake. Old Greek Folk Stories Told Anew
In more than one spot, among the trees, an upheaved axe is glittering in the sunshine. Main Street (From: "The Snow Image and Other Twice-Told Tales")
After having been upheaved by the water-spout, it had fallen back upon its side, and had sunk in this position, doubtless owing to some enormous leak.’ The Mysterious Island
Some geological convulsion had evidently upheaved the enormous blocks strewn upon the surface. The Fur Country Seventy Degrees North Latitude
Thou, soul of the Night, heavenly Slumber, didst come upon me; the region gently upheaved itself, and over it hovered my unbound, new-born spirit. Rampolli
Not only was a large breach gaping in the sanctuary, but all the walls of the chancel were fissured, and the pavement of the nave was upheaved in places and in others rent. Castles and Cave Dwellings of Europe
In more than one place we could almost fancy that some mountain has been upheaved and split asunder, the clefts formed by these gigantic fragments being now filled with veteran trees. East of Paris Sketches in the Gâtinais, Bourbonnais, and Champagne
Lawyers are a conservative force in a free country; an upheaving force under a despotic government. The American Judiciary
It is like those little wells I have seen flowing, wherein the upheaving of the sand never ceases. The Life of St. Teresa of Jesus
Who hath the cross upheaved   To shelter every soul? Rampolli
The earth does not upheave itself from beneath the sea and add new land to that already above water in response to our need for it. The National Being Some Thoughts on an Irish Polity
The lenses of volcanic rocks by which the domes were upheaved are known as "laccolites," i. e., rock lakes. Canyons of the Colorado
The ground around where the pimento island had been was greatly upheaved, and a long search in that vicinity failed to bring any more gold to light. Jack North's Treasure Hunt Or, Daring Adventures in South America
They are not an upheaving of the breast, nor those devotional sensations, not uncommon, which seem on the point of causing suffocation, and are beyond control. The Life of St. Teresa of Jesus
When heaven thunders overhead,   And hell upheaves the Vast, Dim faces of the ocean's dead   Gaze at him from each mast. Poems
Stern and Beatrice saw a confused upheaving, a shifting and a tumult. Darkness and Dawn
West of this about twenty-five miles, there is another fault with its throw to the east, the upheaved rocks being on the west. Canyons of the Colorado
But I took it; and in an hour—O heavens! what a revulsion! what an upheaving from its lowest depths of the inner spirit! what an apocalypse of the world within me! The Opium Habit
If the masses of diorite and amygdaloid, which appear to us to be layers, are very large veins, they may be supposed to have been formed and upheaved simultaneously. Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 3
You will find the smaller communities living along in unison with the seasons, having neither extreme poverty nor wealth—none of the violent plagues of upheave and unrest which afflict our great populations. My Life and Work
And give it only the fulcrum of Plymouth Rock an idea will upheave the continent. The American Union Speaker
Great continental blocks are upheaved from beneath the sea by internal geologic forces that fashion the earth. Canyons of the Colorado
The factor rushed at him, his heavy whip upheaved -- and the same moment found himself, not in the room, but lying on the flower bed in front of it. The Marquis of Lossie
The same force which upheaved the whole group of the Sierra Parime has acted here and there in the plains as far as beyond the equator. Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 3
But that was before the coming of the east-and-west canal and the east- and-west railroads, which virtually upheaved a new watershed and changed the whole physiographic, social, and economic relationships of the west. The French in the Heart of America
Dropping at once from the wall, he rushed at the two with stick upheaved. Malcolm
They are supposed to have been upheaved from the bottom of the sea by volcanic agency, but they are not themselves volcanic in their nature, neither are they of coral formation. The Coral Island A Tale of the Pacific Ocean
One reason is, that the carse of Stirling has been upheaved some twenty feet, and thereby more or less drained, since the time of the Romans.  Prose Idylls, New and Old
Then silence fell, while the upheaving throng,   As sea-waves backward curled, Left a great path, and down the path there shone   The Light of all the world. The Miracle and Other Poems
It is like the volcanic fires that flame in the depths of the earth; it will yet upheave the ocean and the land, and flame up to heaven. A Life of Gen. Robert E. Lee
Father, we confess, And were our arms unbound, we would upheave Our sinful hands with sorrowing hearts to heaven. A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 8
Peace! she is well—Sleep folds her in his arms, And each upheaving of his drowsy breast Is like a billow upon pleasure's sea, Wafting her on to far Hesperides. Poems
But if so, they were washed away, again and again, ages before the land assumed anything of its present shape; ages before the beds were twisted and upheaved as they are now. Town Geology
The cowslip-gathering in June's dewy prime; The swans, that with white chests upheaved in pride, Rushing and racing came to meet me at the waterside. The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth — Volume 1
The invalid still slept—but, dreadful sight! the coiling monsters, upheaving themselves from the water, glided, dull eyed and sluggish, upon the mossy island, about the unconscious figure. The Iron Game A Tale of the War
If the great deposit of "red clay" now forming in the eastern valley of the Atlantic were metamorphosed into slate and then upheaved, it would constitute an "azoic" rock of enormous extent. Discourses Biological and Geological Essays
It was ultimately recovered, I believe, but it seemed as if the entire world of French officialdom had to be upheaved from its foundations in order to accomplish it. Hawthorne and His Circle
And it is to be remembered, as a proof of their inconceivable antiquity, that they have been upheaved and shifted long before the Cambrian rocks were laid down “unconformably” on their worn and broken edges. Town Geology
Struggling, slipping, tumbling, jumping, ledge after ledge was surmounted, but still, upheaved against the glittering sky, rose new difficulties to be overcome.  The Hawaiian Archipelago
The heavy frost of the past winter had upheaved many rocks and they lay scattered in all directions on the side of a hill up which they were climbing. On the Trail of Pontiac
It broke on to us, upheaving and making the earth undulate, and as it came I said, 'By Jove! that is a good earthquake.' The Romance of Isabel Lady Burton Volume II
Its lower extremity was lost in a fading line of low hills, which, gathering might and volume toward the upper end of the valley, upheaved a stupendous bulwark against the breezy north. The Luck of Roaring Camp and Other Tales With Condensed Novels, Spanish and American Legends, and Earlier Papers
Not contracted, upheaved, and hardened to slates and grits, as they are in Wales and elsewhere: but horizontal, unbroken, and still soft, because undisturbed by volcanic rooks and earthquakes.  Town Geology
The lava was fissured and upheaved everywhere by earthquakes, hot underneath, and emitting a hot breath. The Hawaiian Archipelago
With light steps a path pursuing, By the left-hand side I entered, When I felt a strange commotion; The firm earth began to tremble, And upheaving 'neath my feet, Ruin and convulsion threatened. The Purgatory of St. Patrick
For three days Warsaw had been upheaved in excitement. Red Fleece
At Kameni, the smoke was not even visible till twenty-six days after the appearance of the upheaved rocks. Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 1
But you must clearly understand, that however much these coralline limestones have been upheaved since they were formed, yet the sea-bottom, while they were being formed, was sinking and not rising.  Town Geology
The Puy de Dôme, and the mountains in its neighbourhood, likewise appear to be of volcanic origin, and to have been upheaved somewhat in the same manner as Jorullo. Wonders of Creation
Yea, the rocks of the Waste were thy Dawns upheaving,   To let the days of the years go through;And thy Noons the tangled brake were cleaving   The slow-foot seasons’ deed to do. The Roots of the Mountains; Wherein Is Told Somewhat of the Lives of the Men of Burgdale
"An island uphove by an earthquake," said I. "Great thunder!" he cried. Stories by English Authors: the Sea
The mask had slipped, and he caught a glimpse of the naked, passionate soul, upheaved to its depths. The Silver Horde
And if the sea-bottom outside were upheaved, and became dry land, we should find on it the remains of the mud from under the glacier, stuck full of stones and boulders iceberg-dropped.  Town Geology
The crushed and folded and dislocated strata are laid open to the weather as the horizontal strata, and as the upheaved masses of Archaean rock are not. Time and Change
For as oft as we sing of their edges’ upheaving,   When the yellowing windows shine forth o’er the night,Their names unforgotten with song interweaving   Shall draw forth dear drops from the depths of delight. The Roots of the Mountains; Wherein Is Told Somewhat of the Lives of the Men of Burgdale
It lay, a black mass, and whether it was a vast huddle of weeds, or a great whale killed by the earthquake, or solid land uphove by the volcanic rupture, was not conjecturable. Stories by English Authors: the Sea
But if it be upheaved and made to constitute part of the dry land, it must also, before it can be available for our instruction, become part of that area already surveyed by geologists. The Harvard Classics Volume 38 Scientific Papers (Physiology, Medicine, Surgery, Geology)
But here may arise, in some of my readers’ minds, a reasonable question—If these upheaved beds were once horizontal, should we not be likely to find them, in some places, horizontal still? Town Geology
Swamps were upheaved and converted into dry uplands, while cultivated uplands were depressed below the average water level, and became swamps or ponds of water. Four Months in a Sneak-Box
A pause too lengthy upheaves life?s cycle . NATURAE
The whole mass of Fan upheaved and vanished from his view, and was instantly forgotten by him. The Old Wives' Tale
We travelled directly towards them, and upon approaching, I found the rocks upheaved in a most singular manner, and a few gum-trees were visible at the foot of the ridge. Australia Twice Traversed, Illustrated,
Amid the gloom a few dark objects were all that could be descried in the foam of the upheaving billows. The Duke's Prize; a Story of Art and Heart in Florence
"If 't is true, 't is the greatest truth mortal has found," she said again and again to herself, as the old upheaved, and the new flowed into her soul. Dawn
Philip's last shot missed, and before he could reload they were lost among the upheaved masses of the cliff. Flower of the North A Modern Romance
They have every indication, even to the unscientific eye, of having been upheaved by volcanic action. A Tramp Through the Bret Harte Country
At one time, ages before, the break had been the outlet of a stream pouring itself out between jagged and cavernous walls of rock from the black heart of the upheaved country within. Philip Steele of the Royal Northwest mounted Police
Water and wind attacked the passers-by; riddled, flooded, and upheaved the roads. Under Fire: the story of a squad
Three years, with their alternations of joy and grief had swept over their married life, bringing their hearts into closer alliance, as each new emotion thrilled and upheaved the buried life within. Dawn
The whole ocean about the island seemed to upheave. Tom Swift and His Wireless Message: or, the castaways of Earthquake island
The sea roared and upheaved, sprang from its bounds, and shivered as mere glass-work barks and even some of the larger ships lying in the harbor of Port Royal. Empress Josephine An historical sketch of the days of Napoleon
At the close of the Jurassic it yielded to lateral pressure and the vast pile of strata was crumpled and upheaved into towering mountains. The Elements of Geology
Those flying squadrons, beneath whose horses' hoofs the ground is trembling as if upheaved by an earthquake, are headed by Eugene—the indomitable Eugene. Prince Eugene and His Times
A new revelation of life has arisen within me, as sudden and grand as the appearing of those mysterious isles which are upheaved in a single night from the depths of the ocean. Dawn
What disorder resulted from this agglomeration, human and animal, under darkest night, amid forests, threatened by the fires of the volcano, along the border of marshes whose waters might be upheaved and overflow! The Master of the World
The oldest Plutonic rock, No. I, has been upheaved at successive periods until it has become exposed to view in a mountain-chain. The Student's Elements of Geology
When these rocks were upheaved and subjected to weathering, their iron compounds were decomposed. The Elements of Geology
All the self-control which she could gather to meet this sinister disclosure, could not smother the groan which was upheaved from Olympia's sinking heart. Prince Eugene and His Times
Therefore a time would come when the elastic and explosive forces of the imprisoned gases would upheave this ponderous cover and drive out for themselves openings through tall chimneys. A Journey to the Interior of the Earth
Another hypothesis suggested that it was a marine monster who thus upheaved the waters. The Master of the World
If then the same area of land be again upheaved to its former height, the fall, and consequently the velocity, of every river will begin to augment. The Student's Elements of Geology
A tilted crust block may present a steep slope on the side upheaved and a more gentle descent on the side depressed. The Elements of Geology
Later, as the cooling-process continued, there would be shrinkages of the earth's crust causing other fissures; intrusive granites further dislocated and upheaved the slates. Getting Gold: a practical treatise for prospectors, miners and students
"Because this liquid mass would be subject, like the ocean, to the lunar attraction, and therefore twice every day there would be internal tides, which, upheaving the terrestrial crust, would cause periodical earthquakes!" A Journey to the Interior of the Earth
This peculiarity is not the result of decay, but the entire mass has been fractured by volcanic disturbance and by the rapid cooling of molten matter upheaved from beneath the sea. Cyprus, as I Saw It in 1879
Thus, in parts of Sweden, and the shores and islands of the Gulf of Bothnia, proofs have been obtained that the land is experiencing, and has experienced for centuries, a slow upheaving movement. The Student's Elements of Geology
The Alps were upheaved at various times, the last uplift being later than the uplift of the Juras, but to so much greater height that erosion has already advanced them well on towards maturity. The Elements of Geology
We primeval forests felling, We the rivers stemming, vexing and piercing deep the mines within, We the surface broad surveying, we the virgin soil upheaving, Pioneers! Selections from American poetry, with special reference to Poe, Longfellow, Lowell and Whittier
In the peninsula of Lacuy, the strata over a width of four miles have been upheaved by three distinct, and some other indistinct, lines of elevation, ranging within a point of north and south. Geological Observations on South America
I walked over the mountain, and quickly lost the marl in masses of plutonic rocks that had been upheaved and entirely occupied the surface. Cyprus, as I Saw It in 1879
In connection with this district there is a remarkable fact; that by the agency of subterranean forces, a large portion of Norway and Sweden is being slowly upheaved Voyages in Search of the North-West Passage
They are now exposed to view only because of the profound denudation which has removed the upheaved dome of rocks beneath which they slowly cooled. The Elements of Geology
Out of the plain of fog beneath, a stone tooth seemed to be upheaving itself: then another showed forth.  The Hand of Ethelberta
Then with the sobbing grief he strove, For he saw his name thereon; And the heart within his breast uphove As the pen’s tale now he won. Poems By the Way
The character of the dreary plain of Messaria is the same throughout; flat table-topped hills of sedimentary calcareous limestone, abounding with fossil shells, represent the ancient sea-bottom, which has been upheaved. Cyprus, as I Saw It in 1879
Most of the living were stupefied amid their dead in the upheaved trenches, slashed woods, and deepest dugouts. Now It Can Be Told
To furnish this immense volume of sediment a great mountain range, or highland, must have been upheaved where the Appalachian lowland long had been. The Elements of Geology
Venerable foundations are upheaved in a night, and are scattered abroad as dust. Defenders of Democracy; contributions from representative men and women of letters and other arts from our allies and our own country, edited by the Gift book committee of the Militia of Mercy
She crouched beside the upheaved root, The bubbling venom touched her foot; Then with a sucking gasping sound It ebbed back o’er the blighted ground. Poems By the Way
The gorges that have been rapidly cut into such great upheaved blocks form part of the world's most striking scenery. The Red Man's Continent: a chronicle of aboriginal America
But they escaped annihilation by machine-gun fire and stormed through the upheaved earth into Gommecourt Park, killing many Germans and sending back batches of prisoners. Now It Can Be Told
In 1835 the same region was again upheaved from two to ten feet. The Elements of Geology
They lived on the verge of a vast stony level, upheaved so far above the surrounding country that its vague outlines, viewed from the nearest valley, seemed a mere cloud-streak resting upon the lesser hills. The Twins of Table Mountain
This latter rock seems to form the nucleus of the whole mass, and is seen in the deep lateral valleys, injected amongst, upheaving, overturning in the most extraordinary manner, the overlying strata. More Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 1
Nevertheless, a few paces from the platform they came upon the upheaved clods of the fresh furrows, and their progress over them was slow and difficult. A Protegee of Jack Hamlin's and Other Stories
They were hours of anguish for many Germans, who lay wounded and half buried, or quite buried, in the chaos, of earth made by those mine-craters now doubly upheaved. Now It Can Be Told
From these facts we may infer, perhaps, that the Cook and Austral Islands have been upheaved at a period probably not very remote. Coral Reefs
She upheaved the heavy flour-sack to the same secure shelf with the upraised palms of an Egyptian caryatid. Mr. Jack Hamlin's Mediation
At every step through the tangled labyrinth he could see where precision and order had been invaded, and even the rigid masonry broken or upheaved by the rebellious force. Under the Redwoods
Here again the upheaved slatey rock appeared, with the same dip and direction as in the Sadong River. The Malay Archipelago, the land of the orang-utan and the bird of paradise; a narrative of travel, with studies of man and nature — Volume 1
It was prettier than the real thing up in the salient or beyond the Somme, where dead bodies lay in upheaved earth among ruins and slaughtered trees. Now It Can Be Told
Is it an upheaved atoll, or the crater of a volcano?—uncoloured. Coral Reefs
This seems to have been an upheaving agent, for the mica schists above it are much disturbed.  A Popular Account of Dr. Livingstone's Expedition to the Zambesi and its tributaries And of the Discovery of Lakes Shirwa and Nyassa, 1858-1864
"Rubbish, Mr. Vivian!" she said, clicking loudly and passing with an almost upheaving jerk to her upper register! The Prophet of Berkeley Square
The fierce throes of battle upheave a continent. Gala-days
Sometimes it was our men who upheaved the earth beyond them by mine charges and rushed the new crater. Now It Can Be Told
The grotesque indecency of such an address throws into shade the subordinate absurdities of the passage, the unfurling of whirlwinds, the unrolling of thunder, and the upheaving of worlds. Critical and Historical Essays — Volume 2
Before him, in a slight depression formed by a fault or lapse in the upheaved strata, lay the charred and incinerated remains of a dwelling-house leveled to the earth! In a Hollow of the Hills
And Malkiel continued to regard him with the staring eyes of one whose mind is seething with strange, upheaving thoughts and alarming apprehensions. The Prophet of Berkeley Square
What have adjectives, in their wildest outburst, to do with rocks upheaved, furrows ploughed, features chiselled, thousands and thousands of years back in the conjectured past? Gala-days
Like ants on the move, thousands of men rose from the upheaved earth, and with their stomachs close to it, crouching, came back, dragging their wounded. Now It Can Be Told
But I took it—and in an hour—oh, heavens! what a revulsion! what an upheaving, from its lowest depths, of inner spirit! what an apocalypse of the world within me!  Confessions of an English Opium-Eater
Others will upheave the blacksmith's hammer, or drive the plane over the carpenter's bench, or take the lapstone and the awl and learn the trade of shoemaking. Grandfather's Chair
When the train rounded a curve Carley's strained vision became filled with the upheaved bulk of the San Francisco Mountains. The Call of the Canyon
The pretended discovery of this plot threatened to upheave the established form of government, for the king was one at heart with those about to be brought to trial and death. Royalty Restored
The panels of the deck are upheaved, and volumes of black smoke issue up- ward as if from a safety-valve. The Survivors of the Chancellor
The panels of the deck are upheaved, and volumes of black smoke issue upwards as if from a safety-valve. The Survivors of the Chancellor, diary of J.R. Kazallon, passenger
Their live pillars upheaved a thick embowed roof, betwixt whose leaves and blossoms hardly a sunbeam filtered. Lilith, a romance
The Mediterranean Sea was formerly of far greater extent than we see it to-day, and covered nearly the whole of northern Africa and the old upheaved sea-bottom that we see in the Desert of Sahara. A journey in other worlds A romance of the future
According to Japanese tradition this great peak was upheaved in a single night from the bottom of the sea, more than twenty-one hundred years ago. The San Francisco calamity by earthquake and fire
The country at large is, probably, the upheaved basin of an exhausted sea which once rendered the highlands of the Deccan an island like a larger Ceylon. Fall of the Moghul Empire of Hindustan
There was not a shadow of doubt as to the rock being of purely volcanic origin, upheaved by some mighty subterranean convulsion. The Survivors of the Chancellor, diary of J.R. Kazallon, passenger
Terrible Love, I ween, Has might, even dead, half sighing to upheave The lightless seas of selfishness amain: Seas that in a man's heart have no rain To fall and still them. Poems — Volume 1
This will so enlarge your chasm, that a great volume of water will rush into the red-hot interior, which will cause a series of such terrific eruptions that large islands will be upheaved. A journey in other worlds A romance of the future
The activity of the ovens has now ceased, and portions of the upheaved plain on which they are situated have again been brought under cultivation, and the volcano is in a state of quiescence. The San Francisco calamity by earthquake and fire
The floor of the canyon, upheaved by some mighty subterranean force, could be heard, and almost felt, coming up after them, like a gigantic landslip in the wrong direction. A Voyage to Arcturus
The great machine, as though convulsively upheaved, advanced perhaps ten paces; but the ground softened more and more, the mire reached to the axles, and the helepolis stopped, leaning over frightfully to one side. Salammbo
While the vault sleeps, from the upheaving deck, Thou see'st the adamantine reefs that wreck,  And Life's low shoals, where lusting billows roar. An Anthology of Australian Verse
The rent, torn, and dislocated stonework looked worse than before; the upheaved foundations, the piled-up fragments of masonry, the fissures in the torn earth—all were at the worst.  Lair of the White Worm
These islands every now and then rise higher than the sea-level, owing to some deep upheaving force, and then the coral is lifted up above the water, and become a solid rock. The San Francisco calamity by earthquake and fire
Just then, with its red veils of sunlit dust-clouds, its illimitable waste of ruined and upheaved earth, it was a sinister spectacle. Light of the Western Stars
Enormous masses of rock would be forced toward and underneath the land-surface, bending, crumpling, and upheaving it as if its crust were but a leather coat. The Story of Evolution
With a similar perverseness, the potatoes crumble off forks in the process of peeling, upheaving from their centres in every direction, as if they were subject to earthquakes.  Bleak House
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