He took me by the wrist and held me hard;
Then goes he to the length of all his arm;
And, with his other hand thus o’er his brow,
He falls to such perusal of my face.

– William Shakespeare

Hamlet, Act 2, Scene 1. A frightened Ophelia recounts Hamlet’s unruly behavior towards her when he burst into her chamber, gripping her by the wrist and concentrating hard on her face.