grasp'd

In this situation he grasp'd my wrist with both hands as he lay, and I felt as if all was finishd, and very naturally exclaim'd 'Now I shall do, now I'm safe,' but at that moment out tumbled the nubly chalk from under my toes and left me hanging by one hand.

Letter 290 2009

Then grasp'd the hand he held, and sigh'd his soul away.

Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 357, June, 1845 Various

His hand grasp'd the sword with a nervous embrace;

The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume II. The Songs of Scotland of the past half century Various

The erle with one honde grasp'd the recer's mayne,

The Rowley Poems Thomas Chatterton

With one accord, they grasp'd each other's hand, 65

Narrative and Lyric Poems (first series) for use in the Lower School O. J. Stevenson

With one accord, they grasp'd each other's hand, 65

The Ontario High School Reader A.E. Marty

Then toward him she grasp'd and gat hold on the warrior

The Tale of Beowulf Sometime King of the Folk of the Weder Geats Anonymous

My right hand touch'd -- grasp'd the rope: then my left, as I swung far out upon it.

The Splendid Spur Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch 1903

So, determining to risk no more, I quietly pack'd the basket, slung it on my right arm, and with the ham grasp'd by the knuckle in my left, made my way up the stream.

The Splendid Spur Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch 1903

And in my own day and maturity, my eyes have seen, and ears heard, Lincoln, Grant and Emerson, and my hands have been grasp'd by their hands.

Supplementary Prose, from Complete Prose Works (1892) 1892