Instantly he grasped the rocks with his hands.
"Leo the Circus Boy"
Ralph Bonehill
Rafe grasped it by the throat with one hand.
"The Foreign Hand Tie"
Gordon Randall Garrett
Barry held out his hand, which the young man grasped eagerly; and then, as if unable to resist his emotions longer, fell, sobbing violently, into the other's arms.
"The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. II (of II)"
Charles James Lever