H2 anchor CHAPTER XIV As every political community consists of those who govern and of those who are governed, let us consider whether during the continuance of their lives they ought to be the same persons or different; for it is evident that the mode of education should be adapted to this distinction.
— from Politics: A Treatise on Government by Aristotle
Let us compare, then, our complex idea of an immaterial spirit with our complex idea of body, and see whether there be any more obscurity in one than in the other, and in which most.
— from An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding, Volume 1 MDCXC, Based on the 2nd Edition, Books 1 and 2 by John Locke
He who had had to subsist on mere fugitive glances, looks winged in flight and swiftly lost under covert, now found her eyes settling on him with a brooding intensity that fairly dazzled him.
— from The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton
Let us choose our scholar among the rich; we shall at least have made another man; the poor may come to manhood without our help.
— from Emile by Jean-Jacques Rousseau
The literature upon cases of feral men is practically all of the anecdotal type with observations by persons untrained in the modern scientific method.
— from Introduction to the Science of Sociology by E. W. (Ernest Watson) Burgess
Do let us camp out, just one night, and Tom shall feed us on eggs and milk.
— from Howards End by E. M. (Edward Morgan) Forster
But let us consider this further point: Is not he who can best strike a blow in a boxing match or in any kind of fighting best able to ward off a blow? Certainly.
— from The Republic of Plato by Plato
broke street lanterns, unharnessed carriages, unpaved the streets, broke in the doors of houses, uprooted trees, rummaged cellars, rolled out hogsheads, heaped up paving-stones, rough slabs, furniture and planks, and made barricades.
— from Les Misérables by Victor Hugo
She’s just a little undersized cat; not a kitten: she has none of the innocent gentleness of a kitten: an undergrown, hard, sprightly little cat.
— from Mademoiselle Miss, and Other Stories by Henry Harland
"Let us come back to common-sense," cries she.
— from The Hoyden by Duchess
In order to throw light upon a point so important, let us cast a rapid glance over the male population.
— from The Physiology of Marriage, Part 1 by Honoré de Balzac
Pictures and poems are laid under contribution; sometimes a particular garment evidently suggests such and such a use, and a suitable tableau is got up to exhibit it; and some costumes are so very easy of arrangement that they are naturally chosen.
— from The Catholic World, Vol. 17, April, 1873 to September, 1873 A Monthly Magazine of General Literature and Science by Various
Look at that poor, old blind man over yonder; let us cross over and give him some pennies,” and she was almost dancing as she crossed the street.
— from The Teacup Club by Elisa Armstrong Bengough
Both material derived from books and literary inspiration combine to throw light upon certain of Shakespeare's works, which have given great trouble to the historians of his art.
— from Ariosto, Shakespeare and Corneille by Benedetto Croce
Mr. Boyce looked uncomfortable, cooled down, and presently when the coffee came back asked his wife for a fresh supply in tones from which all bellicosity had for the time departed.
— from Marcella by Ward, Humphry, Mrs.
Let us celebrate the soil.
— from The Complete Writings of Charles Dudley Warner — Volume 1 by Charles Dudley Warner
Let us consider, first, what is the extent of jurisdiction which the consulates of France may rightfully exercise here.
— from The Writings of Thomas Jefferson, Vol. 4 (of 9) Being His Autobiography, Correspondence, Reports, Messages, Addresses, and Other Writings, Official and Private by Thomas Jefferson
Nevertheless, a great deal of sickness which might be avoided, part of which is responsible for death, and part of which merely incapacitates the sufferers or renders them less useful citizens, is to be found.
— from Social Problems in Porto Rico by Fred K. Fleagle
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