"Let go of" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... with the unscrupulousness of the Japanese in business matters. As a matter of fact the alliance had fulfilled its object as soon as Japan had fought England's war with Russia for her. But the cabinet of St. James adhered to the treaty, because they feared that if they let go of the hawser, a word from Tokio would incite India to revolt. The soil there had for years been prepared for this very contingency, and London, therefore, turned a deaf ear to the indignation expressed by the rest of the world at Japan's treacherous ...
— Banzai! • Ferdinand Heinrich Grautoff
... has of late strongly insisted upon the dangerous role of indolence. According to him the libido possesses a monstrous laziness which is unwilling to let go of any object of the past, but would prefer to retain it forever. Laziness is actually a passion, as La Rochefoucauld brilliantly remarks: "Of all the passions the least understood by us is laziness; it is ...
— Hidden Symbolism of Alchemy and the Occult Arts • Herbert Silberer
... Tom from Mattawa. "Louis ain't great at counting, and he allowed he'd never let go of the ...
— Thurston of Orchard Valley • Harold Bindloss
... pledge for life, Barnabas?" said Priscilla. "Let go of her hand for one minute and answer the question that's ...
— Priscilla's Spies 1912 • George A. Birmingham
... about to Hal; over the forms strapped between them, he saw Hal's face in the light of the flame. Hal was not hit; he had merely let go of the controls. It was part of the plan to let the machine fall out of control. But, for a moment, it was too much as ...
— The Boy Allies with Haig in Flanders • Clair W. Hayes
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