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purpose let us shake hands
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
Please let us stop here.”
— from Complete Original Short Stories of Guy De Maupassant by Guy de Maupassant

power Let us seem humbler
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

please let us stay here
“No, please, let us stay here.”
— from Anna Karenina by Tolstoy, Leo, graf

pickle let us see how
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

property let us shake hands
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

people like us should have
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

power Let us seem humbler
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

poor let us say hardly
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

please let us stay here
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

present let us see how
"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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