But let us return to business.”
— from The Count of Monte Cristo, Illustrated by Alexandre Dumas
But let us return to Heloise .
— from Letters of Abelard and Heloise To which is prefix'd a particular account of their lives, amours, and misfortunes by Héloïse
But let us return to the empire of custom.
— from Essays of Michel de Montaigne — Complete by Michel de Montaigne
But let us return to the subject.
— from De Officiis by Marcus Tullius Cicero
But let us rear The higher our opinion, that our stirring Can from the lap of Egypt's widow pluck The ne'er-lust-wearied Antony.
— from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare
But let us remember that we must have regard for justice even towards the humblest.
— from De Officiis by Marcus Tullius Cicero
But let us reason together, brother; don't you believe at all in medicine?
— from The Imaginary Invalid by Molière
But let us reflect that no part of it is in one piece, that it is composed entirely of individuals, each of which keeps up its own friction in all directions.
— from On War — Volume 1 by Carl von Clausewitz
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 remember this, brothers and sisters, that these periods of "back-sliding" become less frequent, and last a shorter time, as we proceed.
— from A Series of Lessons in Raja Yoga by William Walker Atkinson
But let us return to the happy party at the Lodge, whom the reader will remember we left at their repast.
— from Philosophy in Sport Made Science in Earnest Being an Attempt to Illustrate the First Principles of Natural Philosophy by the Aid of Popular Toys and Sports by John Ayrton Paris
But let us return to the Norsemen, over whose innocent heads such awful prospects were impending.
— from The Norsemen in the West by R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne
But let us realize that this was no defeat.
— from With Wellington in Spain: A Story of the Peninsula by F. S. (Frederick Sadleir) Brereton
To begin, let us remember that traditionally this country and its Government have always been passionately devoted to peace with honor, as they are now.
— from The Communist Threat in the Taiwan Area by John Foster Dulles
But Luther unfortunately reverted to his limitations.
— from Luther, vol. 4 of 6 by Hartmann Grisar
It may be very well for a man to be in a rage because he is disappointed of his prey: so is the hawk, when the dove escapes, in a rage; but let us reflect that, had Counsellor Robbins had his will, two honest fellows would have been hanged; and so let us be heartily thankful that he was disappointed, and that these men were acquitted by a jury of their countrymen.
— from The Paris Sketch Book of Mr. M. A. Titmarsh; and the Irish Sketch Book by William Makepeace Thackeray
But there are few such cases, and Time takes care of them; and, as reasoning [316] beings, let us realize that it is sweet and normal that he should, and let us no more resist Time in our perverse ways, than we would in the ways of the Egyptians.
— from The Unpopular Review, Vol. 2, No. 4, October-December 1914, including Vol. 2 Index by Various
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