But let us be serious.
— from Middlemarch by George Eliot

The calf, for instance, has inherited teeth, which never cut through the gums of the upper jaw, from an early progenitor having well-developed teeth; and we may believe, that the teeth in the mature animal were reduced, during successive generations, by disuse or by the tongue and palate having been fitted by natural selection to browse without their aid; whereas in the calf, the teeth have been left untouched by selection or disuse, and on the principle of inheritance at corresponding ages have been inherited from a remote period to the present day.
— from On the Origin of Species By Means of Natural Selection Or, the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life by Charles Darwin

This great burden lay upon Barbara Stafford.
— from Silent Struggles by Ann S. (Ann Sophia) Stephens

"I wish," said Jock, "that The Rigs could be lifted up by some magician and plumped down in Laverlaw Glen."
— from Penny Plain by O. Douglas

The kitchen in question was in the deep basement of the main building, lit up by small windows fully six feet above the floor.
— from The Story of Paul Boyton: Voyages on All the Great Rivers of the World by Paul Boyton

But let us be silent.
— from Berlin and Sans-Souci; Or, Frederick the Great and His Friends by L. (Luise) Mühlbach

But if we admit the general report about these matters to be true, you know very well that it is commonly supposed that some have friends, acquaintance, and even fathers, that have such evil eyes; so that the mothers will not show their children to them, nor for a long time suffer them to be looked upon by such; and how can the effects wrought by these proceed from envy?
— from Complete Works of Plutarch — Volume 3: Essays and Miscellanies by Plutarch

So abundant are the evidences of grand volcanic action throughout the lake basin that it has been looked upon by scientists as the remains or centre of one enormous crater forty miles across!
— from The New Eldorado: A Summer Journey to Alaska by Maturin Murray Ballou

He had heard rumours of what had happened at the farm-house; of the causes which had compelled the owner to keep these beautiful lands unproductive; but such a long time had elapsed!
— from The Cabin [La barraca] by Vicente Blasco Ibáñez

But let us be selfishly thankful that it isn't you and I there in the apothecary's shop, as it might very well be; and let us get to the boat as soon as we can, and end this horrible midsummer-day's dream.
— from Their Wedding Journey by William Dean Howells

But Naisi said:—"Lo, I have a sword, the gift of Mannanan Mac Lir , which leaves no remnant unfinished after a blow: let us be struck with it, all three together, and we shall die at the same moment."
— from A Reading Book in Irish History by P. W. (Patrick Weston) Joyce