"Finish off" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... wid a cowld! Sure, he can have some o' my linnyeemint. Well, y'arre a boss collector, Mac! Faith, ye bang the Jews! And me thinkin' ye'd be satisfied wid yer elephunt. Not him, be the Siven! It's an Esquimer he must have to finish off his collection, wan wid the rale Arctic cowld in his head, and two eyes that goes snappin' through ye like black torpeders. Two spissimens in wan day! Yer growin' exthravagant, Mac. Why, musha, child, if I don't think yer the ...
— The Magnetic North • Elizabeth Robins (C. E. Raimond)
... agreed, "one has to give up the more furious pleasures. Shall we just finish off this dance? And don't let's talk shop ...
— The Holiday Round • A. A. Milne
... the making of sugar and molasses is decidedly a saving; as young children can be employed in emptying the troughs and collecting fire-wood, the bigger ones can tend the kettles and keep up the fire while the sap is boiling, and the wife and daughters can finish off ...
— The Backwoods of Canada • Catharine Parr Traill
... desperation She'll marry you; but must before the nation Appear to vanquish you—in mere appearance. Be quick, and of your secret make a clearance. Clear up the matter, and I'll then clear out; My time is precious. Finish off this bout. ...
— Turandot: The Chinese Sphinx • Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller
... think, that's all, dear; and to remember to finish off one thing before you leave it to go to another. It's just the want of that that lies at the root ...
— The Making of Mona • Mabel Quiller-Couch
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