He seemed to me, in my terror, like a figure of gold, the image perhaps of wealth or Pluto, or I know not what, for I suppose my brain began to grow confused, and my hold on the shaft to relax.

"Throw yourself upon me, and sit firm, if you value your life," I cried, and I relaxed my hold on his arm, stretching both hands to grasp Eveena.

Lay hold on Gloster.

How can they hold on to the titles and honour bestowed by the Government?

It lost its hold on the people.

His irreligion, however, seems to have been rather the fluctuating of a mind that had lost its hold on truth for a time, than the scepticism of one confirmed in error.

This false notion takes a stronger hold on him when he comes to read poetry and romance, and to be deceived by outward showthe hypocrisy that characterizes the world from beginning to end; on which I shall have something to say presently.

III.Causes of Despair, the Devil, Melancholy, Meditation, Distrust, Weakness of Faith, Rigid Ministers, Misunderstanding Scriptures, Guilty Consciences, &c. The principal agent and procurer of this mischief is the devil; those whom God forsakes, the devil by his permission lays hold on.

He doesn't hold on by your throat, by your throat, As of old in the terrible tale; But he grapples you tight by the coat, by the coat, Till its buttons and button-holes fail.

"You're all I've got to hold on to.

They tried to intercept him at the gate, but it was not so easy to get a hold on such a little creature, so, luckily, he got out in the open.

At one point he lost his hold on a broad, steep rock, and slid ungracefully to the foot of it, his elbows digging frantically into the moss, and his legs straddled apart.

44, and the other a saying assigned to our Lord, 'They who wish to see me and lay hold on my kingdom must receive me through affliction and suffering.'

Hold on till to-morrow.

"I suppose it's all the same which course you follow, but I fear I am doing wrong in allowing you to ride off" "Now, don't spoil everything by regretting the handsome way in which you have indulged my whim; I think I will ride over the ridge to the left" "Hold on, Jennie, until I can speak to Inman; he may object" "You can speak to him after I am gone; good-night, Larch, and many thanks again for your kindness.

" "Hold on a minute, Miss Susan, twell I git my coat.

He lost his hold on his congregation, and could not have safely remained after the whites left.

"Get up a committee from the Federative to go and ask Mr. Loring if there's any use in our tryin' to hold on.

It ought to be thus: "Turn thou aside to thy right hand or to thy left, and lay hold on one of the young men, and take to thyself his armour.

If this offends the South, he will let it offend them, as at all events he means to hold on to his chances in Illinois."

We hoped that the truth had taken a deep hold on him, but we began to tremble for the result.

When he stopped by the bed he had evidently recovered his hold on himself, but his words came quickly, jerkily, almost as if he were afraid to trust himself to speak.

I must declare to you here that I have wooed her honorably to be my wife, and she would willingly be so, had not some scruples of a religious vocation taken hold on her, to dispel which I look for the aid of the holy father, her uncle.

The moment that a man has saved a few pounds, he agrees to any legislation that allows him to hold on to them.

Again the London of the rich laid hold on him; not threateningly this time, but rather as though a door were opened and a hand beckoned.