Let it be granted you have seen all this, and praise Be given to your remembrance; the description Of what is in her chamber nothing saves The wager you have laid.
— from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare

Stars good and bad are all likewise inhabited by gods or demons.
— from Myths and Legends of China by E. T. C. (Edward Theodore Chalmers) Werner

But let it be granted that exile is, as many say and sing, a grievous thing.
— from Plutarch's Morals by Plutarch

For instance, let it be granted that the doctrine of the Trinity is true—that there are three persons in one Godhead.
— from Know the Truth: A Critique on the Hamiltonian Theory of Limitation Including Some Strictures Upon the Theories of Rev. Henry L. Mansel and Mr. Herbert Spencer by Jesse Henry Jones

Let it be granted that our elementary teachers are teaching the very broadest code of morals, while our great headmasters are teaching only the narrowest code of manners.
— from What's Wrong with the World by G. K. (Gilbert Keith) Chesterton

Thy strength, Hester; but let it be guided by the will which God hath granted me!
— from The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne

It would have been all over with her, likewise, if, by good fortune, a tailor who was travelling in search of work, had not sat down to rest by the brook.
— from Grimms' Fairy Tales by Wilhelm Grimm

‘Beautiful Girl,’ it seem’d to say, ‘Though all the world were vile and sad, Dance on; let innocence be gay.’
— from The Angel in the House by Coventry Patmore

There the Breath of Life inspired by God, signifies no more, but that God gave him life; And (Job 27.3.)
— from Leviathan by Thomas Hobbes

LITTLE ISLAND, BIG GUN.
— from Motion Pictures 1960-1969: Catalog of Copyright Entries by Library of Congress. Copyright Office

The former Reichstag, when it verified the election of its members, instead of being inspired solely by legal motives often let itself be guided by political considerations.
— from The New German Constitution by René Brunet

That he hath virtues, well, Let it be granted him.
— from Satan Absolved: A Victorian Mystery by Wilfrid Scawen Blunt

The late ingenious Baron Grimm, of acute critical memory, was up to the merit of the Beggar’s Opera .
— from The Collected Works of William Hazlitt, Vol. 01 (of 12) by William Hazlitt

The banker sat gazing at him in a curious, searching way, and he made no reply for a few minutes; but it was evident that he was a little infected by Geoffrey’s enthusiasm.
— from The Vicar's People by George Manville Fenn

But Laodice succeeded only in drinking the goat's milk and lapsed into benumbed gazing at the red glow of fire that cast its warmth about her.
— from The City of Delight: A Love Drama of the Siege and Fall of Jerusalem by Elizabeth Miller