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1545 R. Ascham Toxophilus f. 33 He that wyll at all aduentures vse the seas knowinge no more what is to be done in a tempest than in a caulme, shall soone becumme a marchaunt of Eele skinnes.

1595 R. Wilson Pedlers Prophecie sig. C I am a Marriner by Science and Art, And haue vsed the seas a long space.

1651 H. Isaackson in T. Fuller Abel Redevivus sig. * His Father (having most part of his life used the Seas).

1681 R. Knox Hist. Relation Ceylon 124 These many years..have I used the seas.

1728 J. Morgan Compl. Hist. Algiers I. ii. 223 Rais was then about thirty, and had used the Sea full ten years.

1773 Life N. Frowde 24 His Name was George White,..who had used the Seas from my own Age.

1791 J. Smeaton Narr. Edystone Lighthouse §314 John..continued for some time to use the sea.

1842 T. E. Hook Peregrine Bunce I. iv. 67 I am a man in years, and have used the sea all my life,..but I mean to go no more.

1894 Pall Mall Mag. Sept. 4 He had used the sea for above thirty years, had built, owned and commanded ships.

1939 Times 28 Nov. 7/5 Do the actual layers of the mines realize that their efforts on behalf of Hitler have brought upon them the scorn of all who use the sea?

1977 P. O'Brian Mauritius Command ii. 36 The last draft had been made up entirely of quota-men from Bedfordshire, odd misfits, petty criminals and vagrants, not one of whom had ever used the sea.