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“Well, when I left her, or rather when she left me,” I answered. “Come, let us see,” he said.
— from Dracula by Bram Stoker
Come, let us shake hands.”
— from Adam Bede by George Eliot
come, let us see how it will be if I do not denounce myself.” After putting this question to himself, he paused; he seemed to undergo a momentary hesitation and trepidation; but it did not last long, and he answered himself calmly:— “Well, this man is going to the galleys; it is true, but
— from Les Misérables by Victor Hugo
ATHENIAN: Then now, Cleinias, let us see how far we ourselves are consistent about these matters.
— from Laws by Plato
Come, let us see his room.”
— from Father Goriot by Honoré de Balzac
Come; let us squeeze hands all round; nay, let us all squeeze ourselves into each other; let us squeeze ourselves universally into the very milk and sperm of kindness.
— from Moby Dick; Or, The Whale by Herman Melville
Then suddenly, she held out her hands before her, and Cornish, looking up, saw her slim young form poised against the sky in a mock attitude of benediction.
— from Roden's Corner by Henry Seton Merriman
Mrs. Colston looked up sharply; her husband started.
— from Prescott of Saskatchewan by Harold Bindloss
"No, because I am not sure that you have penetration enough to understand its utility. Come, let us see, here is the paper, read it..., come, read on."
— from Moral Tales by Madame (Elisabeth Charlotte Pauline) Guizot
And while the king was debating the best means of rescuing the captive, let us see how Fernando himself was faring.
— from The Red Book of Heroes by Mrs. Lang
The cheapest locks used should have brass fronts and bolts, and be of the mortise pattern.
— from Convenient Houses, With Fifty Plans for the Housekeeper by Louis H. (Louis Henry) Gibson
Isn't it my grim old castle? Let us sit here together, dear, and dream awhile."
— from Beverly of Graustark by George Barr McCutcheon
Come, let us sell him to the Ishmaelites, and let us do him no harm, for he is our brother, our own flesh and blood."
— from The Children's Bible by Henry A. Sherman
No! be content, let us stay here—yesterday frightened me—we should never reach Wallingford alive."
— from Brian Fitz-Count: A Story of Wallingford Castle and Dorchester Abbey by A. D. (Augustine David) Crake
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