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All these ships being of notable and approued seruice comming neere to the mouth of the Straights hard by the coast of Barbary, descried twelue tall Gallies brauely furnished and strongly prouided with men and munition, ready to seaze vpon these English ships: which being perceiued by the Captaines and Masters thereof, wee made speedy preparation for the defence of our selues, still waiting all the night long for the approching of the enemie.

The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003

Communities must become intolerant to those elements among students and teachers who may seaze upon the crisis to further their egotistic and selfish interests.

ANC Daily News Briefing 1996

Communities must become intolerant to those elements among students and teachers who may seaze upon the crisis to further their egotistic and selfish interests.

RESOLUTION OF SCHOOL CRISIS KWAZULU-NATAL 1996

I eagerly seaze the opportunity and beg you to give my blessing to my son to whom I have not time now to write.

Letter from Abigail Adams to John Adams, 8 June 1779 1973

I dare say before this Time you have interpreted the Northern Storm; if the presages chill'd your Blood, what how must you be froze and stiffend at the Disgrace brought upon our Arms unless some warmer passion seaze you, and Anger and resentment Fire your Breast.

Letter from Abigail Adams to John Adams, 30 - 31 July 1777 1963

That madniss didn't seaze me that night was a mussy.

Burlesques William Makepeace Thackeray 1837

_Florio_ (ed. 1611): 'to leape or seaze greedily upon, to souze downe as a hauke.' p. 93 _this Balatroon.

The Works of Aphra Behn Volume IV. Aphra Behn 1664

The colonists even had dogs especially trained to kill Indians and to devour children from their mothers breasts, in the colonists 'own words "blood Hounds to draw after them, and Mastives to seaze them."

Original Signal - Transmitting Digg 2010

The colonists even had dogs especially trained to kill Indians and to devour children from their mothers breasts, in the colonists 'own words "blood Hounds to draw after them, and Mastives to seaze them."

Original Signal - Transmitting Digg 2010

He sent me word he would come himselfe to Roanock; but delaying time eight dayes that all his men were there to be assembled, not liking so much company, I resolued the next day to goe visit him, but first to giue them in the Ile a Canvisado, and at an instant to seaze on all their Canows about the Ile.

The Generall Historie of Virginia, New-England, and the Summer Isles: With the Names of the Adventurers, Planters, and Governours from Their First Beginning, Ano: 1584. To This Present 1624. With the Procedings of Those Severall Colonies and the Accidents That Befell Them in All Their Journyes and Discoveries. Also the Maps and Descriptions of All Those Countryes, Their Commodities, People, Government, Customes, and Religion Yet Knowne. Divided into Sixe Bookes. By Captaine Iohn Smith, Sometymes Governour in Those Countryes & Admirall of New England 1624