Lo

Examples

• That rapid medley of sounds, and lo! Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• We had called ourselves the paragon of animals, and, lo! Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• And when he came, lo, Eli sat upon a seat by the wayside watching: for his heart trembled for the ark of God. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Or put it, my juvenile friends, that he saw an elephant, and returning said 'Lo, the city is barren, I have seen but an eel,' would THAT be Terewth? Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• Oh, I track the fairest fair Through new haunts of pleasure; Footprints here and echoes there Guide me to my treasure: Lo! George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• Lo and behold! Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• The Drummer Boy of the Potomac deserted, and lo, we had never a celebrity left! Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• In a few moments the doors are opened again, when, lo and behold! William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
• There used to be a poem when I learnt lessons, something about Lo the poor Indians whose something mind! Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• And lo, the Doctor, always our good friend, labouring at his Dictionary (somewhere about the letter D), and happy in his home and wife. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• More carriages at the gate, and lo the rest of the characters. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• At times, however, just to show what she can do in the way of creative beauty, she gives her whole mind to the task, and lo! Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• Helped out by the Courier and some half-dozen of the hotel servants, he was passing through the hall with a serene magnificence, when lo! Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• By my death I purchase thee-- lo! Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• He who should have been our shield against all harm, hath kept us shut within the noisome caverns of his donjon-keep for lo these thirty years. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.

Edited by Debra