But why can't we go off somewhere on a little lark together—a nice quiet little expedition like that drive at Bellomont, the day you met me at the station?" He leaned unpleasantly close in order to convey this suggestion, and she fancied she caught a significant aroma which explained the dark flush on his face and the glistening dampness of his forehead.
— from The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton

vii.] 112 ( return ) [ The Germans had a great regard for the hair, and looked upon cutting it off as a heavy disgrace; so that this was made a punishment for certain crimes, and was resented as an injury if practised upon an innocent person.
— from The Germany and the Agricola of Tacitus by Cornelius Tacitus

Let us collect in our thoughts all those cheerful and hopeful sayings which they threw out from time to time as they walked with us, and string them as a rosary to be daily counted over.
— from Words of Cheer for the Tempted, the Toiling, and the Sorrowing by T. S. (Timothy Shay) Arthur

Let us confess it once again: we have presumed too much on reason, and relied too confidently on civilization.
— from The American Jew as Patriot, Soldier and Citizen by Simon Wolf

Moreover, we more than half suspect that a woman's face is more attractive if her eyes occasionally "look up clear," instead of allowing the downcast lids to hide all of their vivacity and expression.
— from Etiquette by Agnes H. Morton

This let us call, in our further illustrations, the "social sanity" of the man of genius.
— from The Story of the Mind by James Mark Baldwin

Let us carry in our minds this picture of the people of the colonies, who through generations had struggled with royalty to secure the blessings and liberties for which they had come to the New World.
— from The Short Constitution by William F. (William Fletcher) Russell

"Will you let us come in out of de rain?" asked Scip of a wretched-looking, half-clad, dirt-bedraggled woman, who thrust her head from the doorway.
— from Among the Pines; or, South in Secession Time by James R. (James Roberts) Gilmore

Let us cherish in our hearts the golden story, How the chieftain bravely lived and calmly died​—​ Living for his Southland’s never fading glory​—​ “Resting better now upon the other side.”
— from Lee and Longstreet at High Tide: Gettysburg in the Light of the Official Records by Helen Dortch Longstreet

Let us cease in our glorification Of money and pleasure and fame, And find, whatsoe'er be our station, Our joy in the love of the game.
— from Just Folks by Edgar A. (Edgar Albert) Guest