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let us consider how such
Now let us consider how such recruiting can be encouraged by the theatre.
— from Mrs. Warren's Profession by Bernard Shaw

let us change his shirt
,” said Bianchon, “let us change his shirt.
— from Father Goriot by Honoré de Balzac

large unskilled childish hand she
She had drawn off her betrothal ring, and laid it on the coverlet enclosed in a folded letter, where in her large, unskilled, childish hand, she had written the words: "To my dear, dear brother Gesa.
— from The Story of a Genius by Ossip Schubin

Let us convey him softly
He thanks you and all the saints that he remains alive, though his limbs be maimed withal." "Let us convey him softly to the grove; on the morrow we will look to his wounds and bind them up with balsam and other salves from the wreck.
— from With Drake on the Spanish Main by Herbert Strang

Let us consider he said
"Let us consider," he said, "the case of a war against England.
— from The German Fleet Being The Companion Volume to "The Fleets At War" and "From Heligoland To Keeling Island by Archibald Hurd

Let us call him Smith
Let us call him Smith, although that was not his name.
— from Under the Red Crescent Adventures of an English Surgeon with the Turkish Army at Plevna and Erzeroum 1877-1878 by John Sandes

letting us consider her son
I appreciate it, and specially I thank Sabina for letting us consider her son's welfare.
— from The Spinners by Eden Phillpotts

like unto crystal He stood
Filippo gazed and gazed, forgetting everything else as he drank in the beauty of that great stretch of quivering blue, while in his ears sounded words which he had almost forgotten--words which had fallen on heedless ears at matins or vespers--and which never had held any meaning for him before: 'And before the throne was a sea of glass, like unto crystal.' He stood still for a few minutes and then the heavenly vision faded, and like any other boy he forgot all about beauty and colour, and only longed to be out in a boat enjoying the strange new delight.
— from Knights of Art: Stories of the Italian Painters by Amy Steedman

let us chat he said
"Now let us chat," he said.
— from The Missouri Outlaws by Gustave Aimard

looked up curiously he saw
But before he could begin, the cry of a bird was heard high in the air, and as Botho looked up curiously, he saw that two large, powerful birds, scarcely recognizable in the twilight, were flying above the water.
— from German Fiction by Gottfried Keller

Let us consider he said
"Let us consider," he said to himself as he nibbled it; "supposing I took another walk and tried an unknown part of the wood?"
— from En Route by J.-K. (Joris-Karl) Huysmans


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