snatcht

At what time a whirlwind snatcht him up, and threw him howling midst the flood, and soon a spiteful wave just shew'd him us, and drew him back again.

The Satyricon of Petronius Arbiter 20-66 Petronius Arbiter

I obey her command, and try, without daubing my fingers, to deliver the grain from its nasty coverings; but she, blaming my dullness, snatcht it from me, and skilfully tearing its shells with her teeth, spit the black morsels from her, that lay like dead flies on the ground.

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Tryphœna dispatch an herald to capitulate: Articles immediately according to the custom of countries being mutually agreed off on both sides; Tryphœna snatcht an olive-branch, the ensign of peace, that stuck to the image of prosperity pictur'd in the ship, and holding it in the midst of us, thus addrest her self.

The Satyricon of Petronius Arbiter 20-66 Petronius Arbiter

Upon which, e're Chrysis cou'd make a return, she snatcht a pocket-glass from her, and after she had practis'd all her looks, to try if any appear'd less charming than before, she took hold of her petticoats that were a little rumpled with lying on, and immediately ran to a neighbouring temple dedicated to Venus.

The Satyricon of Petronius Arbiter 20-66 Petronius Arbiter

Wind grew high, insomuch that the Boy used all his strength to hold back the cord; but his strength failing him, he was with a furious blast snatcht up by the Kite from the ground, and presently after let fall again into a pretty deep ditch, where the poor innocent Boy was unhappily drowned.

The Ten Pleasures of Marriage and the Second Part, The Confession of the New Married Couple A. Marsh

'Tis a snatcht thing -- mischief is bound to fall.

In a Green Shade A Country Commentary Maurice Hewlett 1892

Till snatcht from thence by friends, less wise then true

Anne Bradstreet and Her Time Campbell, Helen, 1839-1918 1890

Till snatcht from thence by friends, less wise then true

Anne Bradstreet and Her Time Helen Campbell 1878

Shipwreckt, rescuing life snatcht from the threshold of death;

The Carmina of Caius Valerius Catullus Gaius Valerius Catullus 1855

Some snatcht limbs and joints of sturlings rended to pieces,

The Carmina of Caius Valerius Catullus Gaius Valerius Catullus 1855