How To Use lay hands on In A Sentence
- C other other purpofe •, for he cannot juftify the committing an affrayer to gaol till he fhall be punifhed for his offence: and it is faid, that he ought not to. lay hands on thofe, who barely contend with hot words, without any threats of perfonal hurt, and that all which he can do in fuch cafe, is to command them under pain of imprisonment to avoid fighting, i Hawk. The law of a justice of peace and parish officer: containing all the acts of Parliament at large concerning them, and the cases determined on those acts in the Court of King's Bench. To which is added, a collection of precedents revised and settled by
- They hastily gathered three bishops to lay hands on the archdeacon as his successor.
- They fought their oppressors with any weapon they could lay hands on.
- Many carried pillow-cases, into which they had stuffed a favorite dress and hat, an extra pair of boots and a change of underclothing, some valuable bibelot or bundle of documents; to say nothing of their jewels and what food they could lay hands on. The California Birthday Book
- If I can get everyone else to stop paying attention I can lay hands on fretful ones and get them to unjam and use the last of their toner like good machines should. Making Light: The "agency model" as I understand it
- The banker, however, was a more important person than the clergyman, and his evident anxiety to lay hands on the forger was a thing not to be overlooked. The Scarlet Feather
- If you lay hands on me, I will charge you with assault.
- However after a brief consultation with the kids I have gone out and bought the spikiest, the prickliest, the most determinely piney smelling Norwegian Spruce in a pot that I could lay hands on. Cats:10, Tree:0.
- It was noised abroad in the city that Calamity Ahmad had undertaken to lay hands on Dalilah the Wily, and Zaynab said to her, “O my mother, an thou be indeed a trickstress, do thou befool Ahmad al-Danaf and his company.” The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night
- We this evening again turned our horses loose to graze, which is not by any means customary and much less prudent, while travelling through a country infested with hostile savages, as they are always hovering around the encampment, ready to lay hands on any thing which they fancy. Narrative of the Adventures of Zenas Leonard
