Everything that economizes labour or that adds positively to its productivity, contracts the labourer's own part of the working day and prolongs the master's.
"Contemporary Socialism"
John Rae
Ragnor carved and ate and talked, and Rahal and Thora listened and laughed and asked endless questions, and when the mind enters into a meal, it not only prolongs, it also sweetens and brightens it.
"An Orkney Maid"
Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr
Then, after a day of this sort of thing, he goes out to the theatres or the Opera and prolongs the night at the club and delves into books, for he is a great reader, especially of what he terms modern thought and philosophy.
"A Top-Floor Idyl"
George van Schaick