But what is the fifth and
last thing you need, in order to complete the magic charm?"
The Patchwork Girl of Oz
I recall one of the
last things I said that night to Mrs.
Turn Of The Screw
Goddard's door, which I did the very
last thing before I returned to dress, I was told that Miss Smith was not better, by no means better, rather worse.
Emma
"The
last thing he ever said to me was, `Just always be waiting for me, and then some night you will hear me crowing.'"
The Adventures of Peter Pan
The
last thing to go was a tiny bundle of letters; innocent little scribblings that Desiree had sent to him during the days of their espousal.
Awakening and Selected Short Stories
Last thing ever I want to think of--hang it all!" And Tom flounced over, untucking and disarranging everything, in a manner frightful to behold.
Uncle Toms Cabin
Now I'll rest my works a little, and you start up yourn; just tell me EVERYTHING -- tell me all about 'm all every one of 'm; and how they are, and what they're doing, and what they told you to tell me; and every
last thing you can think of."
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
One
last thing I will tell you; one warning I will give you; all is discovered, and you are being hunted for your crimes; if you are still at large it is thanks to me; but I have done all that I mean to do; and from this time forth I would not raise one finger - not one finger - to save you from the gallows!
Tales and Fantasies
The very
last thing I saw of them was this-- Sylvie was stooping down with her arms round Bruno's neck, and saying coaxingly in his ear, "Do you know, Bruno, I've quite forgotten that hard word.
Sylvie and Bruno
"You know, when it comes to the point, your parents have always let you have your way ever since you were a little girl," he argued; and she had answered, with her clearest look: "Yes; and that's what makes it so hard to refuse the very
last thing they'll ever ask of me as a little girl."
The Age of Innocence
The bones of Dingaan as they lay in the cleft were the
last things my eyes beheld, for after that I became blind, and saw the sun no more, nor any light--why I do not know, perhaps from too much weeping, my father.
Nada The Lily
Soon the crew came on board in twos and threes; the riggers bestirred themselves; the mates were actively engaged; and several of the shore people were busy in bringing various
last things on board.
Moby Dick I LXVII
My mother pulled it up with impatience, and there lay before us, the
last things in the chest, a bundle tied up in oilcloth, and looking like papers, and a canvas bag that gave forth, at a touch, the jingle of gold.
Treasure Island
The
last thing the region and the world needs is further military confrontations between India and Pakistan over Kashmir.'
US senator calls FM Qureshi over soaring Kashmir tensions
The
last thing our public services need are more cuts, the
last thing our planet needs is more emissions and the
last thing our society needs is more inequality."
Sturgeon air plan 'a tax cut for the rich'