to the last

• “The strata in which the remains of the skeletons were found must be regarded as belonging to the last warm intermediate period (or the last glacial period), and were found with remains of the early Palaeolithic period, the stage of civilization represented by the Saint-Acheul and Le Moustier remains.”

  The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 12: Philip II-Reuss

• “Pattie made an adjustment to the last of the wrist-lamps.”

  Simon & Schuster: Breakdowns

• “Severus was the twelfth of the series; and as he is among those who signed at the Council of Sardica (343), the epoch of St. Apollinaris may be established as belonging to the beginning of the third century, or possibly to the last decades of the second century, when the Church, under Commodus, enjoyed a measure of peace that was propitious to the development of hierarchical organization.”

  The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 12: Philip II-Reuss

• ““Ancient Alchemy,” said Mrs. Eve, pointing to the last row of books by the wall.”

  Simon & Schuster: The Wish Stealers

• “Christians had no clear conception of purgatory, and that they thought that the souls departed remained in uncertainity of salvation to the last day; and consequently they prayed that thoese who had gone before might in the final judgment escape even the everlasting torments of hell.”

  The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 12: Philip II-Reuss

• “Soundlessly, Sulu indicated that he would backtrack the forty or fifty feet to the last crossing and circle the block that contained Sexy Sadie's Literature Emporium and Haircutting Establishment, and flank whatever the trouble was.”

  Simon & Schuster: Ishmael

• “The chant became very elaborate, the greater part of it being devoted to the last vowel of the word alleluia, which was prolonged through so many successive notes as to suggest a mystical meaning, viz., that it represented the chant of eternity, or, as Durandus says, the joy that is too great to be expressed in words.”

  The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 12: Philip II-Reuss

• “Nearly an hour into the satellite, it was down to the last two survivors—Stuey and a player from Houston named Herman Zewalski.”

  Simon & Schuster: One of a Kind

• “Karin Bledsoe flashed her badge at the ER desk, and followed the noise to the last curtained bay.”

  Simon & Schuster: FALSE MERMAID

• “By the time she got to the last regional breakfast she decided to go with the worst excuse possible, telling the RNC members through choked-back tears, My husband was dying of brain cancer and he asked me to make the contribution.”

  Simon & Schuster: How to Rig an Election

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