"May I live long enough to solve the secret of your harmonies!"
— from Nature Mysticism by John Edward Mercer
"May I live long enough to see you return to our country, restored to herself, the worthy heir of his heart, all French, of his generous intentions.
— from Joseph Bonaparte Makers of History by John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot) Abbott
In this mirror I looked long enough to see a white hair on the side of my head.
— from The Autobiography of a Super-Tramp by W. H. (William Henry) Davies
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