close grips
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Read these essential Fractions, chiefly chronological;—and then, at once, To Bunzelwitz, and the time of close grips in Silesia here.
From History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 20 by Thomas Carlyle
But when they got to close grips Rufus felt helpless.
From A Gamble with Life by Silas K. (Silas Kitto) Hocking
Kościuszko and the Russian army under Denisov were now at close grips, Denisov repeatedly attacking, Kościuszko beating him off.
From Kościuszko A Biography by Monica M. (Monica Mary) Gardner
But the Emperor’s brother, Ferdinand, was in close grips with the Turk in Hungary, and getting the worst of it; Francis was again in negotiation with the infidel, and French intrigue in Italy was busy.
From The Wives of Henry the Eighth and the Parts They Played in History by Martin Andrew Sharp Hume
It is so easily possible for a man to be at close grips with the world and yet to be ever more and more out of touch with its realities.
From The Threshold Grace by Percy C. Ainsworth
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