"Finish up" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... from that day forth; no green that was at all like grasshopper-green was tolerated in the house, and the gardener used to come upon his Lordship muttering in the West Walk: "A grasshopper! He called me a grasshopper—me—a Grasshopper!" The gardener said that his Lordship used to finish up with, "I'll teach him;" but that is hardly the kind of thing a lord would say, and I don't believe it. In fact I don't believe any of it. It ...
— Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 159, July 21, 1920 • Various
... for months I considered every method that seemed to have any merit, and that would avoid getting a burglar's blood—or mine—spattered around on our new furnishings. I desired some method by which I could finish up a burglar properly without having to leave my bed, for although Sarah is brave enough in sending me out of bed to catch a burglar, I knew she must suffer severe nerve strain during the time I was wandering about in the ...
— The Water Goats and Other Troubles • Ellis Parker Butler
... there never sent me any further information; but the other day one of my letters to you (written after I had received the sad news) returned to me, with the information that the hospital you were in had been captured by the Boers and that you could not be traced. I enclose it. You can now finish up the story yourself and let the authorities know how you ...
— Mrs. Warren's Daughter - A Story of the Woman's Movement • Sir Harry Johnston
... gathered around the lamp, I tell you, boys, I get homesick. It's the time of day I want to be at home with my family. I envy every man I see in such a home, and I contrast his condition, surrounded with his wife and children, and a long night of rest before him, with my work. I finish up my day at a late hour at night, then perhaps have to get up at an unearthly hour in the morning to catch a train. There's mighty little poetry in this ...
— A Man of Samples • Wm. H. Maher
... protested McCabe uneasily. "We jest came back to get them tools Buck forgot. Tex is in a hurry to finish up the job." ...
— Shoe-Bar Stratton • Joseph Bushnell Ames
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