JOHN BULL.—Now thou talkest to the purpose; let us shake hands, old boy.
— from The History of John Bull by John Arbuthnot
Please let us stop here.”
— from Complete Original Short Stories of Guy De Maupassant by Guy de Maupassant
Now we have shown our power, Let us seem humbler after it is done Than when it was a-doing.
— from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare
“No, please, let us stay here.”
— from Anna Karenina by Tolstoy, Leo, graf
Then in a more cheerfull and vigorous tone, he says: "Come, we are both in the same pickle; let us see how, perchance, we may get out of it."
— from The Admirable Lady Biddy Fane Her Surprising Curious Adventures In Strange Parts & Happy Deliverance From Pirates, Battle, Captivity, & Other Terrors; Together With Divers Romantic & Moving Accidents As Set Forth By Benet Pengilly (Her Companion In Misfortune & Joy), & Now First Done Into Print by Frank Barrett
I have a good idea: we are trying to agree now about a property; let us shake hands, and the bargain's made, the property and the price of purchase remain in the same hands.'—Madame
— from Debts of Honor by Mór Jókai
And No. 2, the people like us should have been protected against even knowing people like Oswald.
— from Warren Commission (09 of 26): Hearings Vol. IX (of 15) by United States. Warren Commission
Now we have shown our power, Let us seem humbler after it is done Than when it was a-doing. SICINIUS.
— from The Tragedy of Coriolanus by William Shakespeare
And you are poor, let us say; hardly knowing how to scrape together a handful of food sometimes; and your children ragged and hungry; and you forced from time to time to go to the Monte di Pieta to pawn your small belongings, or else you will die, or you will see your children die before your eyes."
— from Sunrise by William Black
Clara's face had become sad, and she entreated: "Oh, please let us stay here another hour or so.
— from Heidi (Gift Edition) by Johanna Spyri
"There is no use of remaining here for the present; let us see how far this thing extends."
— from Edison's Conquest of Mars by Garrett Putman Serviss
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