The office will have vanished
off the face of the earth. I shall be arrested, I shall be tried, I shall be dismissed from the service, thrown in prison, sent to Siberia.
Notes from the Underground
At this point they came in sight of thirty forty windmills that there are on plain, and as soon as Don Quixote saw them he said to his squire, "Fortune is arranging matters for us better than we could have shaped our desires ourselves, for look there, friend Sancho Panza, where thirty or more monstrous giants present themselves, all of whom I mean to engage in battle and slay, and with whose spoils we shall begin to make our fortunes; for this is righteous warfare, and it is God's good service to sweep so evil a breed from
off the face of the earth."
Don Quixote
We've a small army looking for the fellow, but it does seem as though he had disappeared
off the face of the earth. If he doesn't turn up before the end of the Conference, we are done."
The Vanished Messenger
Mark were brought to Venice, the city could never rise to high distinction among the nations; that the body must be captured, brought to the city, and a magnificent church built over it; and that if ever the Venetians allowed the Saint to be removed from his new resting-place, in that day Venice would perish from
off the face of the earth. The priest proclaimed his dream, and forthwith Venice set about procuring the corpse of St.
The Innocents Abroad
I say, sweep it off the face of the earth and begin afresh.
If I can put that aside, if I can eradicate the marks of what I have endured, and can emerge before the world--a--ha--gentleman unspoiled, unspotted --is it a great deal to expect--I say again, is it a great deal to expect-- that my children should--hum--do the same and sweep that accursed experience off the face of the earth?'
Little Dorrit
You were to have no capital punishment, but were first to sweep
off the face of the earth all legislators, jurists, and judges, who were of the contrary opinion.
The Mystery of Edwin Drood
`Driven
off the face of the earth.' Very well, I am
off the face of the earth now.
Secret Sharer
"Well, it's up to you to say what you will do," said he; "for my part I have a score to settle with these monkey-folk, and if it ends by wiping them
off the face of the earth I don't see that the earth need fret about it.
The Lost World
They left their horses, loaded and tied, and just disappeared
off the face of the earth, leaving neither hide nor hair behind them.
The Night Born
This ridiculous and mischievous fable was swept
off the face of the earth by the early Christians -- may their souls be happy in Heaven!
The Devils Dictionary
I have sometimes asked myself how it was that these communities were not utterly swept
off the face of the earth, and how they could possibly survive.
The Idiot
Michael Martin 'disappeared
off the face of the earth' three years ago.
Police search woodland in hunt for man missing for three years; Detectives cordon off part of Clifton Country Park
The US leader made several surprising statements Monday alongside Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan at the White House, including that he had plans for a quick end to the Afghan conflict, but which would wipe the country "
off the face of the Earth".
Iran Blasts Trump's Remarks on Afghanistan as Threat to Int'l Peace
"I want there to be calm, but we are not under the illusion that we can reach a political agreement with Hamas who wants to wipe Israel
off the face of the earth. We are preparing for a campaign that is not only broad but also surprising," Netanyahu said.
Netanyahu: A Gaza Operation Under Preparation will 'Surprise Everyone'