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  • Thus passing by the Coast of Sicily, we saw a Man on Shore, who call'd and becken'd to us to take him in; which we endeavour'd to do, but the Water was so shallow, and our little Boat toss'd, that we could not possibly get near him; wherefore he stripp'd himself, and came swiming to us.

    Exilius 2008

  • Thus we suffer our selves to be blown and toss'd by our

    Exilius 2008

  • The Storm continued all Night, and in the Morning we felt what before we fear'd, for we were forceably driven upon a Rock on the Coast of Africa; at the second Blow our Vessel began to shatter, at the third, I saw (to my everlasting Grief) the brave and virtuous Lysander (who was assisting the Mariners) toss'd off into the Sea, where he was immediately overwhelmed with the Waves.

    Exilius 2008

  • In these Thoughts I was toss'd all that Night; when the Morning appear'd, I saw a Ship sailing that Way, to which I call d and becken'd, intreating them to take me in, which they did with much readiness, and put me into a Cabin to repose my self.

    Exilius 2008

  • Behold, Ladies, how my hard Fortune toss'd me, from a Lady to a

    Exilius 2008

  •     Slew, that his horned front toss'd vainly, a sport to the breezes.

    Poems and Fragments 2006

  •     Some from a mangled steer toss'd flesh yet gorily streaming;

    Poems and Fragments 2006

  •     Some from a mangled steer toss'd flesh yet gorily streaming;

    Poems and Fragments 2006

  •     Slew, that his horned front toss'd vainly, a sport to the breezes.

    Poems and Fragments 2006

  • The treacherous ocean is calm, no longer in storm billows toss'd

    When the "Evening Star" Went Down 1996

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