But the wheat, the golden wheat, is a great fact that seizes hold of the mind; the idea comes of itself that it represents solid wealth.
"Hodge and His Masters"
Richard Jefferies
Then they beach you cleverly on the top of a wave, and their family circle seizes you, boat and all, and runs you up the shingle before the following wave can catch you and splash you, which it wants to do.
"Somehow Good"
William de Morgan
What should we think of the constable who seizes every person he meets with, for fear of missing the thief?
"An History of Birmingham (1783)"
William Hutton