We could not but look upon these old dingy apartments with a more than common interest.
— from The Innocents Abroad by Mark Twain

For Idolatry is to worship by signes of an internall, and reall honour: but Scandalous Worship, is but Seeming Worship; and may sometimes bee joined with an inward, and hearty detestation, both of the Image, and of the Phantasticall Daemon, or Idol, to which it is dedicated; and proceed onely from the fear of death, or other grievous punishment; and is neverthelesse a sin in them that so worship, in case they be men whose actions are looked at by others, as lights to guide them by; because following their ways, they cannot but stumble, and fall in the way of Religion: Whereas the example of those we regard not, works not on us at all, but leaves us to our own diligence and caution; and consequently are no causes of our falling.
— from Leviathan by Thomas Hobbes

And now, bold bassoes, let us to our tents, And meditate how we may grace us best, To solemnize our governor's great feast.
— from The Jew of Malta by Christopher Marlowe

Admiral Dahlgren had supplied the Harvest Moon and the Pontiac, and General Foster gave us a couple of hired steamers; I was really amused at the effect this short sea-voyage had on our men, most of whom had never before looked upon the ocean.
— from Memoirs of General William T. Sherman — Complete by William T. (William Tecumseh) Sherman

But let us talk of you.
— from Project Gutenberg Compilation of 233 Short Stories of Chekhov by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

In the tower is the place for thee, thou shouldst be locked up; to one better than thyself thou blockest the way!”—And with every word he came nearer and nearer the first one.
— from Thus Spake Zarathustra: A Book for All and None by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

But let us to our fable—rather history, Of him who tried to make his sons agree.
— from The Fables of La Fontaine Translated into English Verse by Walter Thornbury and Illustrated by Gustave Doré by Jean de La Fontaine

While our characters are deep in slumber or busy with their breakfasts, let us turn our attention to Capitan Tiago.
— from The Social Cancer: A Complete English Version of Noli Me Tangere by José Rizal

The taxes which have been levied upon those of other European nations, upon those of England in particular, have seldom been equal to the expense laid out upon them in time of peace, and never sufficient to defray that which they occasioned in time of war.
— from An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith

"You had better leave us to our fate," sighed Rosalind. "Are you dismissing me?"
— from Conrad in Quest of His Youth: An Extravagance of Temperament by Leonard Merrick

But let us trace out this truth in detail.
— from Essays on Education and Kindred Subjects Everyman's Library by Herbert Spencer

[the day] of the festival of 'things on the altar' of this holy god, Imhetep, the son of Ptah, his form being like unto that of the son of Him that is south of his wall ( i.e. Ptah), great rejoicings on account of him were made by the inhabitants of White Wall (Memphis), and there were given to him his name of Imhetep and the surname of Peta-Bast, and all the people rejoiced in him.
— from The Literature of the Ancient Egyptians by Budge, E. A. Wallis (Ernest Alfred Wallis), Sir

But let us talk of business again.
— from Leonora D'Orco: A Historical Romance by G. P. R. (George Payne Rainsford) James

But do thou hasten to John, he called after Joseph, who ran and walked alternately, striving up every hillock for sight of the ferryman's boat which might well be waiting on this side for him to step on board; Joseph being in a hurry, it would certainly be lying under the opposite bank, the ferryman asleep in it, and so soundly that no cries would awaken him.
— from The Brook Kerith: A Syrian story by George Moore

But let us turn over the ancient daily budgets to which we have alluded, and from which we are keeping the reader, who we will suppose looking over our shoulder, quite familiarly, and asking a great many questions.
— from The Knickerbocker, Vol. 10, No. 6, December 1837 by Various

But let us talk of something else!—What was I saying?—Yes, you came here, and you enabled me to see my art in its true light.
— from Plays by August Strindberg, Second series by August Strindberg

The next instant (the rope on which they were strung severed by the strain, by the rapier's edge), the skulls were clattering, bounding like balls, like useless toys, on the stone platform.
— from The Hosts of the Lord by Flora Annie Webster Steel

But enough of divinity for the morning; yonder is Tom with the boat, let us to our oars."
— from Home as Found Sequel to "Homeward Bound" by James Fenimore Cooper