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When Sir Tristram saw the king coming he ran unto him and would have holden his stirrup, but King Anguish leaped lightly from his horse, and either embraced other heartily.

From Stories of King Arthur and His Knights Retold from Malory's "Morte dArthur" by Cutler, U. Waldo

Peradventure, said Balin, it had been better to have holden you at home, for many a man weeneth to put his enemy to a rebuke, and oft it falleth to himself.

From Le Mort d'Arthur: Volume 1 by Malory, Thomas, Sir

Our custom should have holden the ceremonies out of Scotland, hold them in elsewhere as it may.

From The Works of Mr. George Gillespie (Vol. 1 of 2) by Gillespie, George

So, sir, say now all your will, For if ye could have holden you still   Ye had not had this brade.380 3rd Torturer.

From "Everyman," with other interludes, including eight miracle plays by Rhys, Ernest

Thus saith the Lord to his Christ;—to Cyrus, whose right hand I have holden, to subdue nations before him, and I will loose the loins of Kings.

From Mornings in Florence by Ruskin, John