"Hold out" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... in my belly. So far I'm sure 'tis rhyme—that needs no granting: And, if my verses' feet stumble—you see my own are wanting. Our young poet has brought a piece of work, In which, though much of art there does not lurk, It may hold out three days—and that's as long as Cork. 10 But for this play (which till I have done, we show not) What may be its fortune—by the Lord! I know not. This I dare swear, no malice here is writ: 'Tis innocent of all things—even of wit. ...
— The Poetical Works of John Dryden, Vol II - With Life, Critical Dissertation, and Explanatory Notes • John Dryden
... how and when to give in. When he saw the wall shaking and crumbling irretrievably at a particular place, he patched it up with sops of cash from his three cash-earning companies. If the banks went, he went too. It was a case of their having to hold out. If they smashed and all the collateral they held of his was thrown on the chaotic market, it would be the end. And so it was, as the time passed, that on occasion his red motor-car carried, in addition to the daily cash, ...
— Burning Daylight • Jack London
... Kendal's arm, and was sauntering across the room towards the chatting trio. Kendal watched the scene from a distance with some amusement; saw his friend brush carelessly past the American, look back, smile, stop, and hold out his hand; evidently a whisper passed between them, for the next moment Mr. Forbes was making a low bow to the beauty, and immediately afterwards Kendal saw his fine gray head and stooping shoulders disappear into the next ...
— Miss Bretherton • Mrs. Humphry Ward
... stentorian tones. "Fire! fire!" And Ketch, whether he was really alarmed, or whether he recognized the head-master's voice, and thought it imprudent to hold out any longer, tumbled out of bed, opened the door, and appeared before them in attire more airy than elegant. Another minute, and impetuous Tom would have burst the ...
— The Channings • Mrs. Henry Wood
... dust without leading to discovery. Consider also that I fully believed I had accomplished the end and aim of my undertaking, for which I had so exactly husbanded my strength as to make it just hold out to the termination of my enterprise; and now, at the moment when I reckoned upon success, my hopes are forever dashed from me. No, I repeat again, that nothing shall induce me to renew attempts evidently at variance ...
— The Count of Monte Cristo • Alexandre Dumas, Pere
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