"Last half" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... rule is this: Every dancer whose turn it is to execute any movement whatsoever, must jump on last half-bar before that movement begins. This applies, as the case may be, to the whole side, or to any pair of opposites about to execute any figure ...
— The Morris Book • Cecil J. Sharp
... notice, faint but steady; and at once I felt sure it burnt in the window of a house. "The house," thought I, "is a good mile off, beside the other road, and the light must have been an inch over my hat-brim for the last half-hour." This reflection—that on so wide a moor I had come near missing the information I wanted (and perhaps a supper) by one inch—sent a strong ...
— I Saw Three Ships and Other Winter Tales • Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
... last half of the fifteenth century was an obscure personage named Gonzalo Pizarro. He was a gentleman whose lineage was ancient, whose circumstances were narrow and whose morals were loose. By profession he was a soldier who had gained some experience in the wars under the "Great Captain," ...
— South American Fights and Fighters - And Other Tales of Adventure • Cyrus Townsend Brady
... us, I fear," said Jack to Tom, who was seated next him on his powder tub. "There's well-nigh a score of poor fellows killed or wounded within the last half-hour. It may be the lot of ...
— From Powder Monkey to Admiral - A Story of Naval Adventure • W.H.G. Kingston
... taunts—almost amounting to open insult—with a patient and mild curiosity. It was a little bit of psychological study, and more interesting than book-keeping by double entry. Meantime, things were becoming very serious; with all his penuriousness, he had arrived at his last half-sovereign. ...
— The Beautiful Wretch; The Pupil of Aurelius; and The Four Macnicols • William Black
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