But let us refrain from speculating; let us rather make certain that Europe will retrieve that which, in India, amidst this people of thinkers, was carried out thousands of years ago as a commandment of thought!
— from The Dawn of Day by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

However the purport may perhaps be looked upon rather as a menace, than a prophecy.
— from A New System; or, an Analysis of Antient Mythology. Volume I. by Jacob Bryant

If Pierre Bon-Bon had his failings—and what great man has not a thousand?—if Pierre Bon-Bon, I say, had his failings, they were failings of very little importance—faults indeed which, in other tempers, have often been looked upon rather in the light of virtues.
— from The Works of Edgar Allan Poe, The Raven Edition Table Of Contents And Index Of The Five Volumes by Edgar Allan Poe

But let us return to our subject.
— from Emile by Jean-Jacques Rousseau

13 Having exploded Mr. Millet’s bubble, let us resume the thread of his story: We reached the station
— from The American Occupation of the Philippines 1898-1912 by James H. (James Henderson) Blount

To return to our original expression, “Let us choose an honest trade,” but let us remember there can be no honesty without usefulness.
— from Emile by Jean-Jacques Rousseau

But let us return to our bottles.
— from Essays of Michel de Montaigne — Complete by Michel de Montaigne

‘Dear mama,’ rejoined Kate, ‘don’t say a word to him, but let us run away as fast as we can, and shut ourselves up till Nicholas comes home.’
— from Nicholas Nickleby by Charles Dickens

Then King Arthur drew his sword, but the knight cried out, “Not so; but let us run another tilt together with sharp spears.” “I would with a good will,” said King Arthur; “but I have no more spears.”
— from The Legends of King Arthur and His Knights by Knowles, James, Sir

But let us resume our story.
— from Hung Lou Meng, or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel, Book I by Xueqin Cao

But let us return to Galileo .
— from The Freedom of Science by Josef Donat

It soon became evident to Bainbridge that Captain Lambert’s guns carried better than his own, so began luffing up repeatedly in order to shorten the distance for an effective broadside.
— from Pike & Cutlass: Hero Tales of Our Navy by George Gibbs

But let us read Montaigne's view:
— from Shakspere and Montaigne An Endeavour to Explain the Tendency of 'Hamlet' from Allusions in Contemporary Works by Jacob Feis

More than one complicated reason might be found, but let us remain simple.
— from The Master Detective: Being Some Further Investigations of Christopher Quarles by Percy James Brebner

But let us return from this digression to a subject of greater utility.
— from The Pocket Lavater; or, The Science of Physiognomy To which is added an inquiry into the analogy existing between brute and human physiognomy by Giambattista della Porta

Beloved, let us receive and reflect the gentleness of Christ, the spirit of the holy babe, until the world will say of us, as the polished and infidel Chesterfield once said of the saintly Fenelon, “If I had remained in his house another day, I should have had to become a Christian.”
— from Days of Heaven Upon Earth by A. B. (Albert B.) Simpson

But let us remember the high practical timidity of youth.
— from The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition, Vol. 25 by Robert Louis Stevenson

In the name of all really manful democracy, in the name of the true strength that only can make our republic reputable among the nations, let us repudiate the strength that is no stronger than a human biceps; let us repudiate the manfulness that averages no more than six feet high.
— from The English Novel and the Principle of its Development by Sidney Lanier

But let us return to the first trail of the Pilgrims that leads to Burial Hill.
— from See America First by Charles J. Herr