Example Sentences

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And if I am clasping my five fingers round some earthly good it is of no use to hold up that hand to God.

From Expositions of Holy Scripture Second Corinthians, Galatians, and Philippians Chapters I to End. Colossians, Thessalonians, and First Timothy. by Maclaren, Alexander

Pardon me, dearest friend, for trembling e'en at the moment When I am clasping your arm!

From The Poems of Goethe Translated in the original metres by Bowring, Edgar Alfred

I have thrown myself on Barbara's little white bed, and am clasping her pillow in my empty arms.

From Nancy by Broughton, Rhoda