Poor Sultan, who was lying close by them, heard all that the shepherd and his wife said to one another, and was very much frightened to think tomorrow would be his
last day; so in the evening he went to his good friend the wolf, who lived in the wood, and told him all his sorrows, and how his master meant to kill him in the morning.
After twice being delayed on the road, we arrived in London at three o'clock on the afternoon of the last day of the month.
The phrase, "at the month's end," meant, as I understood it, at the last hour of the last day in the month.
It was one of the many causes for personal pride with which old Osborne chose to recreate himself that Sedley, his ancient rival, enemy, and benefactor, was in his last days so utterly defeated and humiliated as to be forced to accept pecuniary obligations at the hands of the man who had most injured and insulted him.
So, never mind, whether she be a heroine or no; or you and I, however old, scolding, and bankrupt--may we have in our last days a kind soft shoulder on which to lean and a gentle hand to soothe our gouty old pillows.
She kept thinking that it was the
last day that they would be together in this altogether sweet and close intimacy.
Never was he more a god in Kama's mind than in the
last days of the south-bound traverse, as the failing Indian watched him, ever to the fore, pressing onward with urgency of endurance such as Kama had never seen nor dreamed could thrive in human form.
'This is the last day I shall burden your hospitality,' said she, as she seated herself at the table.
He shook hands with her and wished her good-morning: then, looking lovingly in her face, and still retaining her hand in his, murmured pathetically, 'The last - last day!'
All the women in the fancy starch room knew it was Saxon's
last day. Many exulted for her, and not a few were envious of her, in that she had won a husband and to freedom from the suffocating slavery of the ironing board.
But it was startling to see this excellent hearted Quakeress coming on board, as she did the
last day, with a long oil-ladle in one hand, and a still longer whaling lance in the other.
Lastly, he pictured the young girl in her shift, with the rope about her neck, shoulders bare, feet bare, almost nude, as he had seen her on that
last day. These images of voluptuousness made him clench his fists, and a shiver run along his spine.
I got my appointment of Consul to Venice, and I went home to wait for my passport and to spend the
last days, so full of civic trouble, before I should set out for my post.
The bustle and terror of the Rostovs'
last days in Moscow stifled the gloomy thoughts that oppressed Sonya.
The old navy in its
last days earned a fame that no belittling malevolence dare cavil at.
