"Last out" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... Hallam. "It will be extraordinary if he can last out such a severe race after all he has ...
— The Rider in Khaki - A Novel • Nat Gould
... rudder, this intention was laid aside, and the old method of sheathing and fitting pursued, as being the most secure; for although it is usual to make the rudder-bands of the same composition, it is not, however, so durable as iron, nor would it, I am well assured, last out such a voyage ...
— A Voyage Towards the South Pole and Round the World, Volume 1 • James Cook
... man was at last out of the way, you two could decamp with what you could realise before the real daughter, cut off somewhere across the continent, could hear of the death of her father. It was an excellent scheme. But Haswell's plain, material newspaper advertisement was not so effective for your purposes, ...
— The Poisoned Pen • Arthur B. Reeve
... court of France could not be rejected; but past experience forbade, nevertheless, any very sanguine hope that the truce would last out its term. Unquestionably, in the opinion of the French king, it would be broken without scruple could Philip obtain the active help of England; and Henry would not, therefore, relinquish his correspondence ...
— The Reign of Mary Tudor • James Anthony Froude
... the 3rd Brigade furnished me with a change of underwear, for which I was most grateful. I felt quite proud of having some extra clothes again. The battalions were moved at last out of the area and we were ordered off to rest. Our first stop was near Vlamertinghe. We reached it in the afternoon, and, chilly though it was, I determined to have a bath. Murdoch MacDonald got a bucket of water from a green and slimy pond and put ...
— The Great War As I Saw It • Frederick George Scott
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