hand-grasp

Meseems the better rede were that thou abide with me and in my hand-grasp, I looking on thy face, and thou on mine, till I devise some plan, whereby we may escape together some night and flee to thy country; for I have cut off my hopes from my own people and I despair of them.

The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

The police, all-pervading, poisons the atmosphere and taints everything, even the hand-grasp of two criminals who have been intimate.

Scenes from a Courtesan's Life 2007

When Michael and Joanna were two, one of their favorite forms of rebellion was to break away from my hand-grasp whenever we went outdoors and run in opposite directions.

Mothering Twins LINDA ALBI 1993

When Michael and Joanna were two, one of their favorite forms of rebellion was to break away from my hand-grasp whenever we went outdoors and run in opposite directions.

Mothering Twins LINDA ALBI 1993

When Michael and Joanna were two, one of their favorite forms of rebellion was to break away from my hand-grasp whenever we went outdoors and run in opposite directions.

Mothering Twins LINDA ALBI 1993

The cardinal fact is that the plan itself keeps the two bodies in Georgia apart for no other assigned or assignable reason than race prejudice; for who supposes for a moment that if these bodies were both white there would be this elaborate plan devised to touch each other with the tips of the fingers, instead of giving at once the whole hand-grasp of Christian fellowship?

The American Missionary — Volume 43, No. 10, October, 1889 Various

That was all; that and the silent hand-grasp as he went out.

The American Missionary — Volume 54, No. 2, April, 1900 Various

My welcome has been a hand-grasp, that needed bones and muscles to bear it unflinchingly -- my fare the homeliest, but the sweetest; and when the meal was ended, how has the night wore on and then away over a cup of brown

Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, November 27, 1841 Various

You must have heard the kindly word, and looked into the beaming eye, and felt the hearty hand-grasp, to make those things real.

Report of Commemorative Services with the Sermons and Addresses at the Seabury Centenary, 1883-1885. Diocese Of Connecticut

He should have been glad, of course, of the cordial hand-grasp with which his stanch supporter, Gerald Deane, saluted him; but he had been interrupted in necessary work, and his face betrayed him.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 77, March, 1864 Various