the end of the world

• “For to her he wrote from Scheveningen that he gladly would send Holland, its dykes, sea baths, bathing-machines, Kursaals and visitors to the end of the world to be back in Frankfort.”

  The Loves of Great Composers

• “It is art instructive fact, which may be mentioned in passing, that Joseph Mede, the greatest authority on this subject, twice fixed the end of the world in the last century and once during his own lifetime.”

  The Epistles of St. Paul to the Thessalonians, Galatians and Romans: Essays and Dissertations

• “Not because I want to see them go through a lot of breakups which are unavoidably depressing but because they have reached a level of self-awareness that allows them to understand that a failed relationship is not the end of the world but instead a rebirth.”

  Simon & Schuster: The Lo-Down

• “I tried to paddle back to shore because I could see ammo dumps going up in Mariveles, fuel dumps going up in Manila, and Long Toms, the 155mms, answering from Corregidor, the whole thing reflected in the water like the end of the world and I wanted to get back into it.”

  Stallion Gate

• “Antichrist and the end of the world by Joachim of Flora and his like, had created a mingled state of despair and expectation among the devout lay-folk of the middle and lower classes.”

  The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 6: Fathers of the Church-Gregory XI

• “(Dial., xxii); through His mercy He preserved among them a seed of salvation (lv); through His Divine Providence He has rendered the nations worthy of their inheritance (cxviiicxxx); He delays the end of the world on account of the Christians (xxxix; I Apol., xxviii, xlv).”

  The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 8: Infamy-Lapparent

• “There is no trace of chiliasm to be found in the Gospels or in the Epistles of St. Paul; everything moves in the spiritual and religious sphere; even the descriptions of the end of the world and of the last judgment bear this stamp.”

  The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 10: Mass Music-Newman

• “Now let us return to our subject, and tell, how, whilst the King was fortifying Cesarea, there came to the camp Lord Alenard of Semingham, who told us that he had built his ship in the realm of Norway, which lies at the end of the world towards the West; and in coming to join the King, he went all round Spain, and was obliged to pass through the Straits of Morocco.”

  The Memoirs of the Lord of Joinville

• “Christians were formed, which served, especially in times of persecution, as rallying points for all those, far and near, who sighed for the end of the world and the excessus e soeculo, and who wished in these last days to lead a holy life.”

  The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 10: Mass Music-Newman

• “And the restaurant at the end of the world was so pleased at the freshness of the crate's contents that the cook gave Tom a dime tip and two thick sandwiches.”

  Locked Rooms

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