The heir preferred Italy to California and came here only long enough to collect his inheritance, sell the rancho and return home.
— from The Romance of the Ranchos by E. Palmer Conner

She convicted him of levity equal to that of the New-Yorkers in proposing such a thing; and they dragged through the day.
— from A Hazard of New Fortunes — Complete by William Dean Howells

The two cities did not make any resistance, but the castles held out longer, especially that of Forli, which was defended by the brave but masculine Caterina Sforza, and did not surrender till January, 1500.
— from Europe in the Sixteenth Century, 1494-1598, Fifth Edition Period 4 (of 8), Periods of European History by A. H. (Arthur Henry) Johnson

We can hold out long enough to cover your escape.
— from Boscobel; or, the royal oak: A tale of the year 1651 by William Harrison Ainsworth

They live in old boats on the water, in palm trees, in bark huts, or wherever they can hold on long enough to live.
— from Our War with Spain for Cuba's Freedom by Trumbull White

Then, when the interesting metamorphosis of the swimming tadpole takes place, and when it adapts itself to a land-life, the fish-like body changes into that of a four-footed, crawling amphibium; instead of the gill-breathing in the water comes an exclusive breathing of the atmosphere by means of lungs, and, with the changed habits of life, even the psychic apparatus, the nervous system, and the sense-organs reach a higher degree of construction.
— from The Riddle of the Universe at the close of the nineteenth century by Ernst Haeckel

He wondered if the girl behind could hold on long enough to give him a chance.
— from A Knight on Wheels by Ian Hay