This he used to call his
day of reckoning or faire la lessive.
Of course, this only set back the
day of reckoning and seduced us into spending more than we would have spent on a cash basis.
Are you well assured that the
day of reckoning has come at last?
The fall of one small stone cast by the valiant Elijah, known as "the fighting twin," did break the stillness of the woods for a moment, but it did not come within a hundred yards of Minnie, who shouted "Jail Birds" at the top of her lungs and then turned, with an agreeable feeling of excitement, to meet Rebecca, standing perfectly still in the path, with a
day of reckoning plainly set forth in her blazing eyes.
When the
day of reckoning had come the peasant led him into a barn, and pointing to two full sacks, said: 'Take whichever of these you choose.'
May Jove the king of heaven be my witness, and the rites of hospitality, with that hearth of Ulysses to which I now come, that Ulysses himself is even now in Ithaca, and, either going about the country or staying in one place, is enquiring into all these evil deeds and preparing a
day of reckoning for the suitors.
"And I owe it to myself to bring Geoffrey Delamayn to a
day of reckoning if I can."
There will be a
day of reckoning sooner or later, and it will be a heavy one for you if they are wronged.'
No fresh outbreak of anger against him, no new appeal to me to hasten the
day of reckoning escaped her.
Her
day of reckoning with the captain had not come yet -- she merely added the new item to her list, and availed herself of the camp-stool.
You have not a
day of reckoning staring you in the face.
'Monday should be the
day of reckoning,' Villafuerte, who is a vice chairman of the House appropriations committee, said.