The lad grasped the man firmly by the collar and then struck upwards.

No one notices him, and hailing it as a happy omen, he pounces upon the coveted quadruped, grasps it tightly in his hands, and skedaddles.

How could those who eagerly grasped at all the wealth of this world, and corrupted the true riches of the Church, the doctrine of salvation obtained by Christ, by their false doctrines and their luxurious living, receive that word of our Lord, 'Blessed are the poor in spirit,' when they were poor themselves neither in fact nor in disposition?"

After the last visitor had vanished through the floor there was dead silence for three minutes, while Fateh Muhammad wrestled with the spirit within him; and then with chest heaving and hands convulsively grasping the heavy air, he fell prone upon his face and lay still.

Colonel Washington is right, our swords belong to the king while he has work for them," and the young fellow, with flushed face, held out his hand to Washington, who grasped it warmly.

"On which account," said the Major, grasping the little man's hand most cordially, "I'll love Uncle John like my own brother.

As the boys were no simpletons, they readily grasped the essential qualities of Obed's little scheme.

Instinctively, with swift, soft violence, she grasped his hands.

" The Maestro grasped the man's arm fiercely.

And she wildly grasped the knees of the republican commander.

When he finally replied his words came forth so swiftly I could scarcely grasp their meaning with my slight knowledge of the tongue.

The love of life was awakened in his breast, and caused him to grasp involuntarily at the ropes, but he had not strength enough to hold on.

" "You mean," I asked, dimly grasping his purpose, "that you propose buying me when we reach shore?"

Reason and strength too returned, but their dominion was momentary, for with one hand feebly grasping that of his wife, his other resting on the head of his dear boy, and his sunken eyes directed from the one to the other, the brave, the respected, the beloved St. Clair died!

They never definitely grasped the doctrine of immortality.

Louis grasped them nervously, hastily read them, and then more slowly, like one who might read a sentence of death to see if there was one word or sentence on which he might hang a hope of reprieve.

But she wasn't; or she said she wasn't in one of those moments of gravity which served to throw into higher relief the light-heartedness of her badinage with Lanyard; asserting an entirely willing disposition to stand aside and play the pensive, amused, indulgent spectator in the masque of love danced by a world mad for it, grasping for love greedily even in its cheapest shapes and guises.

" He extended a hand and Jack grasped it heartily.

" This announcement ended the war, Beekman and Willoughby grasping each other's hands fervently, at the next instant.

Terrence impulsively grasped the little hand of the "maid o' the beach," as he called her, and paid her some pretty compliment, which caused her to blush, enhancing her beauty a hundred fold.

She, who had not noticed it before, was now conscious that she was only half dressed, that her arms were bare, her shoulders bare, covered only by the scattered locks of her unbound hair, and on her right shoulder, near the armpit, on lowering her eyes, she perceived again the few drops of blood of the bruise which he had given her, when he had grasped her roughly, in struggling to master her.

When he finally replied his words came forth so swiftly I could scarcely grasp their meaning with my slight knowledge of the tongue.

"The sceptre's being ostensibly grasped by a female hand, does not reverse the general order of Government.

"You want out, Emil, hey?" He unclasped the catch of a door, and Emil leaped to the crook of his arm, where he nestled, one hand securely grasping a fold of Herman's beard.

"If thou grasp it stoutly, thou wilt not be hurt:" or, (familiarly,)"thou will not be hurt.