Yet on the verge of battle let us stay, And for a moment's space suspend the day; Let Heaven's high powers be call'd to arbitrate The just conditions of this stern debate, (Eternal witnesses of all below, And faithful guardians of the treasured vow!)
— from The Iliad by Homer

Yet on the verge of battle let us stay, And for a moment's space suspend the day; Let Heaven's high powers be call'd to arbitrate The just conditions of this stern debate (Eternal witnesses of all below, And faithful guardians of the treasured vow)!
— from Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 4 by Charles Herbert Sylvester

But let us seek advice from Blue Jacket.
— from The Pioneer Boys on the Great Lakes; or, On the Trail of the Iroquois by St. George Rathborne

Since, then, we are agreed that some classes have a communion with one another, and others not, and some have communion with a few and others with many, and that there is no reason why some should not have universal communion with all, let us now pursue the enquiry, as the argument suggests, not in relation to all ideas, lest the multitude of them should confuse us, but let us select a few of those which are reckoned to be the principal ones, and consider their several natures and their capacity of communion with one another, in order that if we are not able to apprehend with perfect clearness the notions of being and not-being, we may at least not fall short in the consideration of them, so far as they come within the scope of the present enquiry, if peradventure we may be allowed to assert the reality of not-being, and yet escape unscathed.
— from Sophist by Plato

Before we have done speaking of the monumental buildings, let us say a few words about the ancient Convent of La Merced, where a great number of pictures have been collected, some mediocre, and the others, with very few exceptions, extremely bad.
— from Wanderings in Spain by Théophile Gautier

Then Minerva took the form of Deïphobus, and came near to Hector, saying, “Achilles presseth thee hard, my brother; let us stay and fight him.”
— from The Boys' Book of Famous Rulers by Lydia Hoyt Farmer

They have very much increased since, but let us still accept four and a-half millions as the amount.
— from The History of the Great Irish Famine of 1847 (3rd ed.) (1902) With Notices of Earlier Irish Famines by O'Rourke, John, Canon

Now, while the butler is gathering old boots, let us spend a few profitable minutes in this locality."
— from The Strange Case of Mortimer Fenley by Louis Tracy

Then he tiptoed over to the bed, let us say, and for a moment looked at her, sleeping.
— from The Exploits of Elaine by Arthur B. (Arthur Benjamin) Reeve

Especial emphasis must be laid upon strength after folding, for it must be remembered that it is through the fold that the book is sewed.
— from Library Bookbinding by Arthur Low Bailey