Beginning with discordant ideas of what is meant by the words Will, Necessity, Unity, Law, Person,—terms vital in theology,—the more they argued, the farther they were apart, and while fancying they were battling with real adversaries, were, Quixote-like, tilting at windmills, or fighting with shadows, till at last utter “Confusion umpire sat, And by deciding worse embroiled the fray.”
— from Words; Their Use and Abuse by William Mathews

“Indeed, I hope you would: or rather, that—” “But do not let us conjure up such dreadful images, my Margaret.
— from Deerbrook by Harriet Martineau

But do not let us condescend upon such details.
— from The Call of the Town: A Tale of Literary Life by Hammerton, John Alexander, Sir

Stumble on , Fall upon ( by chance ), light upon, come upon, strike upon.
— from A Dictionary of English Synonymes and Synonymous or Parallel Expressions Designed as a Practical Guide to Aptness and Variety of Phraseology by Richard Soule