"But let us proceed to the Amontillado." "Be it so," I said, replacing the tool beneath the cloak and again offering him my arm.
— from The Cask of Amontillado by Edgar Allan Poe

But let us pass from this part of predictions (concerning which, nevertheless, more light may be taken from that which followeth), and let us speak first of the materials of seditions; then of the motives of them; and thirdly of the remedies.
— from Bacon's Essays, and Wisdom of the Ancients by Francis Bacon

But let us put that aside for the present, for we shall have opportunities enough for considering and settling the point; tell me, Sancho my friend, what do they say about me in the village here?
— from Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

(c) They pierce a mist, get on a road worn by long use, pass nobly-clad men, and reach the sunny fields that bear the angelica:— "Through griesly shadowes by a beaten path, Into a garden goodly garnished.
— from The Danish History, Books I-IX by Grammaticus Saxo

But let us proceed in our examples of treachery two pretenders to the kingdom of Thrace—[Rhescuporis and Cotys.
— from Essays of Michel de Montaigne — Complete by Michel de Montaigne

"But let us pass.
— from White Nights and Other Stories The Novels of Fyodor Dostoevsky, Volume X by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

I have no suspicion of this person; but let us proceed methodically.
— from The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 1 by Edgar Allan Poe

Let now the strong and the mighty laugh at us, but let us poor and needy confess unto Thee.
— from The Confessions of St. Augustine by Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo

if it be thy will That we must perish, we thy will obey, But let us perish by the light of day."
— from The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, Or Gustavus Vassa, The African Written By Himself by Olaudah Equiano

Viage , sb. voyage, journey, S2, S3, C, C3, CM, B; vyage , S2.—OF. viage , (BH); Lat. uiaticum , provisions for a journey, from uia .
— from A Concise Dictionary of Middle English from A.D. 1150 to 1580 by A. L. (Anthony Lawson) Mayhew

But let us pause one moment, and expatiate upon an English breakfast-room.
— from Delaware; or, The Ruined Family. Vol. 1 by G. P. R. (George Payne Rainsford) James

"The lyrics Die Lotos-blume (The Lotus-flower) and Du bist wie eine Blume (Thou art like unto a flower) are among the most perfect things found in the realms of song, in their enchanting truth and delicacy of sentiment"; and "not one of all those subtle touches ... which make Heine's poetry what it is, has been lost upon [Pg 46] Schumann."
— from A Day with Robert Schumann by May Clarissa Gillington Byron

But let us proceed with the war," says Samyule, earnestly, "or we shall not get through in time for our coming conflict with combined Europe.
— from The Orpheus C. Kerr Papers, Series 3 by R. H. (Robert Henry) Newell

Bowles leaped up promptly at the word and came back with his new hat full of water.
— from Bat Wing Bowles by Dane Coolidge

my brethren, let us pay no more taxes to sin in this place!'
— from Charlemont; Or, The Pride of the Village. a Tale of Kentucky by William Gilmore Simms

“No offence, I promise you,” said Wright; “but let us put her to the trial: do you keep your own counsel; go on courting her your own way, and let me go mine.
— from Tales and Novels — Volume 02 Popular Tales by Maria Edgeworth

I had made the personal acquaintance and consequent notes of most of the ancient “Stones of Paris” before looking up published notes concerning them.
— from Historic Paris by Jetta Sophia Wolff

Oh father! hear my humble prayer: Dispel this cloud, the light of heaven restore; Give me to see, and Ajax asks no more: If Greece must perish, we thy will obey, But let us perish in the face of day!"
— from The Iliad by Homer