uttermost

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Uttermost weariness was a condition too familiar to the girl to be spoken of in any but a patient, matter-of-fact tone.

From Demos by Gissing, George

Author of "The Uttermost Farthing," "The Chink in the Armour," etc., etc.

From The End of Her Honeymoon by Lowndes, Marie Belloc

Loose thy lips from out the rein; Lift thy wisdom to disdain; Whatso law thou canst not see, Scorning; so the end shall be Uttermost calamity!

From The Bacchae of Euripides by Euripedes

In peace he dwelt, and becoming a great Arhat, in peace he departed to that Uttermost Joy where is the Blessed One made manifest in Pure Light.

From The ninth vibration and other stories by Beck, L. Adams (Lily Adams)

The engaging of Mr. Uttermost, the curate, whom perhaps you have heard preach in the new church, had nothing whatever to do with Dean Drone's head.

From Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town by Leacock, Stephen