Then, taking hold with both bands, I wrenched the whole concern away, and hurled it downwith the Thing still clinging to itinto the garden.

Christ lays hold of the divine that is in us, and will not let us go. 5.

The old boy took too good care of that box, and he's spending too much money, and he's got hold of too much hell afloat to be doing it for his health.

I realized, then, that I had, in my agitation, unconsciously caught hold of the hot lamp-glass, and burnt my hand, badly.

No dust followed the discharge; and I saw Percy Darrow stagger and almost lose his hold.

Archie made a tremendous effort to ignore her, then he ran after her saying: 'Will you shut up or will you not?' Aylmer seized hold of him.

The smallest of "Our Visitors," still keeping hold of Mac, presented the Colonel with the disengaged half-yard of flannel undershirt on the other side, and the speech went on, very flowery, very hospitable, very Kentuckian.

Though John Cassell died comparatively younghe was only forty-eight when his death took place in 1865he had done a grand life's work; and the soundness of his judgment is shown by the fact that works which he planned retain their hold upon the people to this day.

Only when he felt the weight off them, as the sack touched bottom, did he release his hold.

He loosed his hold of Nig.

How shall the working-man lay hold on the best that life can give?

You'd forgive them if you'd seen, as I did, how miserable and overwhelmed they were when Brother PaulwhenI'm not saying it's the highest kind of religion that they're so almighty afraid of losing your good opinion, but itit gives you a hold, doesn't it?"

The moment she believed someone else took her place she relaxed her hold.

For whenever the hand, struck by the poisoned fangs, loosened its hold on the drawer, the drawer sprang shut as you see, and everything was as beforeexcept that one man more had tasted death.

Not until near the middle of June did the Athletics gain a strangle hold on the upper half of the league standing, from that time on they kept above the .500 mark, and toward the end of June they met the White Sox coming back.

" The fisherman threw a wistful glance at the viands, for hunger was making powerful appeals to the weakness of nature, but his hand did not relinquish its hold of the line, with which he still continued to angle.

It took him sixteen tries to make it, but he finally managed to grab hold of the edge of the window.

He wishes to maintain a spiritual hold on civilization itself, so to transform the ideal within a man, a community, a nation, in regard to custom, observance, belief, that the outer rite shall follow.

renounce &c (abjure) 607; forego, have done with, drop; disuse &c 678; discard &c 782; wash one's hands of; drop all idea of. break off, leave off; desist; stop &c (cease) 142; hold one's hand, stay one's hand; quit one's hold; give over, shut up shop.

" The Armenian deportations gave the Committee an opportunity of tightening its hold over the provincial officials as well.

But such as it was, it strengthened the Osmanli's hold on his dominions.

The surprise of attack was to my advantage, yet almost before I realized what was being done, he had rallied, broken my first hold, and his eyes were glaring straight into mine.

When the Romans at home heard of this they declared war against him; for as yet Caesar had neither conquered Antony nor obtained a hold upon affairs in the City.

Mr. Walmers drove away in the chaise, having hold of Master Harry's hand.

Despairingly Johnnie started to climb down from the car and go to their aid, but her uncle leaped to his feet clawing and grabbing to find a hold around Gray's waist, panting out, "Stay tharJohnnieI can fetch him.