Let us suppose her young, of course, attractive in appearance, of good birth, and some fortune.
— from The Ladies' Book of Etiquette, and Manual of Politeness A Complete Hand Book for the Use of the Lady in Polite Society by Florence Hartley
But though, O flowers, you come unto that land, And still perchance your colors hold; So far from this heroic strand, Whose soil first bade your life unfold, Still here your fragrance will expand; Your soul that never quits the earth Whose light smiled on you at your birth.
— from Lineage, Life and Labors of José Rizal, Philippine Patriot by Austin Craig
"Quite so (formerly we had Hegelists, and now they have become Nihilists)—God send you health and a general's rank, but also let us see how you will contrive to exist in an absolute void, an airless vacuum.
— from Fathers and Sons by Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev
You don't like us, so hold your tongue.”
— from The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
In a moment: "Go on, let us see how you move with your new load!
— from Indian Child Life by Charles Alexander Eastman
Original SAID Peter, pretty work, upon my truth:— Not let us see how you are made forsooth!
— from Tales and Novels of J. de La Fontaine — Complete by Jean de La Fontaine
“Well, well, Mr. Henry,” said Ravenswood; “but let us see how you will answer to me for killing the raven.
— from The Bride of Lammermoor by Walter Scott
But he thought he must put the best face on it; so he said to Finn, "Come, my lad, let us see how your father teaches you to wrestle."
— from Bits of Blarney by R. Shelton (Robert Shelton) Mackenzie
Now let us see how you may afterward remember the circumstance through associat
— from The Mind and Its Education by George Herbert Betts
Now, let us see how you will manage to get out of this; ha!
— from The Robber, A Tale. by G. P. R. (George Payne Rainsford) James
she wistfully asked. 'Let us see how you are when you have had some coffee and are rested.' 'Very well,' she said, with a gentle submission, that was as new a sight as Tom's tenderness; 'but indeed I am not tired; and it is so pretty and pleasant.
— from The Trial; Or, More Links of the Daisy Chain by Charlotte M. (Charlotte Mary) Yonge
“Put it on, Mollie,” she said, “and let us see how you would look in it.
— from Vagabondia 1884 by Frances Hodgson Burnett
'Do, la, Uncle Sam, how you talk; you're enough to frighten a body.
— from I've Been Thinking; or, the Secret of Success by A. S. (Azel Stevens) Roe
'Here, take these fish to Naples, and let us see how you'll sell them for me.
— from The Parent's Assistant; Or, Stories for Children by Maria Edgeworth
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