When the two curtains were fastened together with clasps, they gave a length of sixty feet.
"The Expositor's Bible: The Book of Exodus"
G. A. Chadwick
Odalite received a "handy" edition of Shakespeare, in twelve small volumes, bound in white vellum and silver and inclosed in a white morocco case, with silver clasps, from her father; a small Bible, prayer book and hymn book, bound in white velvet, with silver clasps and inclosed in a hand case of white morocco, for church service, from her mother; a very handsome and completely fitted workbox, brought all the way from Canton, from Le.
"Her Mother's Secret"
Emma D. E. N. Southworth
Intangible and inarticulate the vision spins; and through it all he knows, he feels, that beneath his palm lies the cold white hand of the fairest of the sea-brood; he perceives dimly a motionless figure seated, and the hand not in his clasps her knee, and the eyes look away, and the hair drifts wide.
"The Unknown Sea"
Clemence Housman