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been long unjustly detained
Delay succeeded delay, and after that Dr. Farrar had been long unjustly detained in custody under sureties, in the reign of king Edward, because he had been promoted by the duke of Somerset, whence after his fall he found fewer friends to support him against such as wanted his bishopric by the coming in of queen Mary, he was accused and examined not for any matter of præmunire, but for his faith and doctrine; for which he was called before the Bishop of Winchester with bishop Hooper, Mr. Rogers, Mr. Bradford, Mr. Saunders and others, Feb. 4, 1555; on which day he would also with them have been condemned, but his condemnation was deferred, and he sent to prison again, where he continued till Feb. 14, and then was sent into Wales to receive sentence.
— from Fox's Book of Martyrs Or A History of the Lives, Sufferings, and Triumphant Deaths of the Primitive Protestant Martyrs by John Foxe

balanghuy Let us dig
Magkáli (mangáli) tag balanghuy, Let us dig some cassava.
— from A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan by John U. Wolff

But let us do
But let us do it—the great sacrilege!
— from Plays by Susan Glaspell

but let us drive
Let our squires attend to your own steeds, but let us drive mine straight at the Trojans, that Hector may learn how furiously I too can wield my spear.
— from The Iliad by Homer

But let us defer
But let us defer the further correlation and subdivision of the subjects of opinion and of intellect, for it will be a long enquiry, many times longer than this has been.
— from The Republic by Plato

better let us drink
“No,” he said, “better let us drink.”
— from Project Gutenberg Compilation of 233 Short Stories of Chekhov by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

But let us drop
But let us drop names and turn to facts.
— from Project Gutenberg Compilation of 233 Short Stories of Chekhov by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

blow landed upon Dick
One blow landed upon Dick's arm and a second on his chest.
— from The Rover Boys at School; Or, The Cadets of Putnam Hall by Edward Stratemeyer

be loyal unto death
The artillerists of the National Guard, charged with serving the cannons placed in the courts and before the palace doors to defend the entry, were to act in the same manner. { 278} Like the Swiss, the two hundred noblemen, martyrs to the old French ideas of honor, had resolved to be loyal unto death.
— from Marie Antoinette and the Downfall of Royalty by Imbert de Saint-Amand

but Let us drop
hostility would be unchristian, but--" "Let us drop the subject," said Gotthold somewhat impatiently.
— from What the Swallow Sang: A Novel by Friedrich Spielhagen

But let us discuss
"But let us discuss other matters.
— from Prince Eugene and His Times by L. (Luise) Mühlbach

But let us dismiss
"I won't go so far as to declare that Lupin has nothing to do with the case we're engaged on.... But let us dismiss the story of [Pg 68] the lottery-ticket from our minds, until further orders, and look into this matter."
— from The Blonde Lady Being a Record of the Duel of Wits between Arsène Lupin and the English Detective by Maurice Leblanc

blood let us do
And should we have to seal our testimony with our blood, let us do it joyfully.
— from Honest Wullie; and Effie Patterson's Story by Lydia L. Rouse

bello Latino ut disciplinam
Idem Manlius, postea consul factus bello Latino, ut disciplinam militarem restitueret, edixit ne quis extra ordinem in hostes pugnaret.
— from Selections from Viri Romae by C. F. L'Homond


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