firmly-grasped

Updated: May 29, 2025

The idea of an Italo-Hellenic empire with two languages and a single nationality was not new otherwise it would have been nothing but a blunder; but the development of it from floating projects to a firmly-grasped conception, from scattered initial efforts to the laying of a concentrated foundation, was the work of the third and greatest of the democratic statesmen of Rome.

Theodor Mommsen - The History of Rome (Volumes 1-5)

The idea of an Italo-Hellenic empire with two languages and a single nationality was not new otherwise it would have been nothing but a blunder; but the development of it from floating projects to a firmly-grasped conception, from scattered initial efforts to the laying of a concentrated foundation, was the work of the third and greatest of the democratic statesmen of Rome.

Theodor Mommsen - The History of Rome, Book V : The Establishment of the Military Monarchy

So swiftly swept forward this tide of animated power, that the Rebel lines broke in wild dismay before the uplifted and firmly-grasped sabres of these unflinching veterans, who, feeling that life and country were at stake, risked them both upon the fearful issue.

Willard W. Glazier - Three Years in the Federal Cavalry