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let your great object

In war, then, let your great object be victory, not lengthy campaigns.
— from The Art of War by active 6th century B.C. Sunzi

like yourself goes on

And I thought, "I will go with you, As man with God has gone, And wander with a wandering star, The wandering heart of things that are, The fiery cross of love and war That like yourself, goes on.
— from The Ballad of the White Horse by G. K. (Gilbert Keith) Chesterton

laid you gently on

I came to your apartment at one o’clock, and as soon as I was in the second ante-chamber, I was taken by the arm, and a hand was placed upon my lips to impose silence; I thought I held you in my arms, and I laid you gently on the sofa.
— from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Complete by Giacomo Casanova

lose your grip on

And every now and then you lose your grip on the rope and plunge into the sea and have to swim to your board again.
— from Right Ho, Jeeves by P. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse

let your gear owergang

Ne'er let your gear owergang ye , i.e. , never let your wealth get the better of you.
— from Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources Including Phrases, Mottoes, Maxims, Proverbs, Definitions, Aphorisms, and Sayings of Wise Men, in Their Bearing on Life, Literature, Speculation, Science, Art, Religion, and Morals, Especially in the Modern Aspects of Them by Wood, James, Rev.

last yellow gleam on

The sun now threw a last yellow gleam on the waves of the Mediterranean, and the gloom of twilight spread fast over the scene, till only a melancholy ray appeared on the western horizon, marking the point where the sun had set amid the vapours of an autumnal evening.
— from The Mysteries of Udolpho by Ann Ward Radcliffe

let you go out

I can’t let you go out, old girl,” he added in a softened voice.
— from The Secret Agent: A Simple Tale by Joseph Conrad

let you go on

As they were making ready for a third assault the Sultan interfered, and, sending one of his officials to summon them, he said smiling, "If I let you go on, there will soon be no beasts left to hunt.
— from The Arabian Nights Entertainments by Andrew Lang

lose your grip on

To half will and to hang forever in the balance is to lose your grip on life.
— from Pushing to the Front by Orison Swett Marden

let you go out

I won't let you go out!
— from The Soul of a Child by Edwin Björkman

let you go on

don’t clap your hands too soon!—I am willing to let you go, on conditions, and the conditions are rather serious.
— from Ombra by Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant

like your going out

“I don't like your going out after dark alone, Tamsin,” said her aunt quietly, without looking up from her work.
— from The Return of the Native by Thomas Hardy

let you get overtired

We must take care of you, and not let you get overtired.
— from Flaming June by Vaizey, George de Horne, Mrs.

Lord your God Once

Jesus said to him, "It is also written, "'You shall not tempt the Lord your God.'" Once more the devil took him to a high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory, and he said to him, "All these things I will give you if you will fall down and worship me."
— from The Children's Bible by Henry A. Sherman

let you go out

and I would rather sell my own soul to the devil than let you go out of my keeping.
— from Chance: A Tale in Two Parts by Joseph Conrad

let you go on

Whenever some great and noble task presents itself with its solemn call for consecration, some dwarf of an apparent duty thrusts itself in between and perks up in our faces with its demand, 'Attend to me first, and then I will let you go on to that other.'
— from Expositions of Holy Scripture Ezekiel, Daniel, and the Minor Prophets. St. Matthew Chapters I to VIII by Alexander Maclaren

let you go off

"I should not have let you go off alone in a new country; but then," he could not help adding, "you should not have left the rest of the flock, when you were shut up in the pen."
— from Harper's Young People, March 9, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly by Various

let you go out

Oh, that I should be thus rewarded for the sacrifice I made when I let you go out into the world and study!
— from Master Olof: A Drama in Five Acts by August Strindberg

lights your glance on

One light their eyes have, as may shine One star on many a sea, They look that tender love on mine That lights your glance on me.
— from The Divine Vision, and Other Poems by George William Russell

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