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Meanings of driven hither in English

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Usage of driven hither in English
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Their ship was, in sooth, driven hither and thither over the sea.
The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 05 / (From Charlem...
2
He has been driven hither and thither till he did n't know where he was.
Roderick Hudson
3
For they, too, were driven hither by governmental resentment.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 06, No. 36, October, 1860 / A Magaz...
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He was like a ship that had been driven hither and thither, tempest-tossed and in danger.
Barriers Burned Away
5
The ships were driven hither and thither.
The Story of the Barbary Corsairs
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The girl's plight was like a shuttlecock driven hither and yon by the battledores of many tongues.
Within the Law: From the Play of Bayard Veiller
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All these individuals, old and young, had been driven hither for refuge by the alarm of war.
Journal of an African Cruiser / Comprising Sketches of the Canar...
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They are driven hither and thither.
Women's Wild Oats: Essays on the Re-fixing of Moral Standards
9
Dante found the souls of the lustful in the second circle of hell, driven hither and thither by warring winds,-
The Social Emergency: Studies in Sex Hygiene and Morals
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After being driven hither and thither interminably by officers, who treated us roughly and insulted us throughout, we were divided.
New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 3, ...
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We are weak, mobile, apt to be driven hither and thither, but light things lashed to fixed things become fixed.
Expositions of Holy Scripture: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus and Nu...
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I am driven hither and yon, a fugitive and a vagabond, even as the accursed Cain (Gen. iv, 14).
Historia Calamitatum
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Yesterday was the twentieth day that I was upon the sea, driven hither and thither by the waves and the winds.'
The Adventures of Odysseus and The Tales of Troy
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I owed thee a service, for thou wast my stay and sustenance when driven hither an outcast from the haunts of men.
Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 1
15
Unless through them he becomes master and dictates, he becomes the slave and is dictated to, and so is driven hither and thither.
What All The World's A-Seeking / The Vital Law of True Life, Tru...
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Sara was sent on errands, and scolded, and driven hither and thither, but somehow it seemed as if she could bear it all.
Sara Crewe; Or, What Happened at Miss Minchin's Boarding School
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