“I determined to hide it; and the place I fixed on was the place I knew best—the Shivering Sand.
— from The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins

In M. Emanuel's soul rankled a chronic suspicion that I knew both Greek and Latin.
— from Villette by Charlotte Brontë

I knew by the contraction of her brow, the tight compression of her lips, and wringing of her hands, that meantime a violent conflict between reason and passion was silently passing within.
— from The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Brontë

The connection of the parts and their logical dependencies may be seen and remembered; but the whole is groundless and hollow, unsustained by living contact, unaccompanied with any realizing intuition which exists by and in the act that affirms its existence, which is known, because it is, and is, because it is known.
— from Biographia Literaria by Samuel Taylor Coleridge

For which cogent reason I kept Biddy at a distance during supper, and when I went up to my own old little room, took as stately a leave of her as I could, in my murmuring soul, deem reconcilable with the churchyard and the event of the day.
— from Great Expectations by Charles Dickens

At all events I am not alone in my way of extricating myself from this dilemma; for I find that many of the highest Circles, sitting as Judges in law courts, use praise and blame towards Regular and Irregular Figures; and in their homes I know by experience that, when scolding their children, they speak about "right" or "wrong" as vehemently and passionately as if they believed that these names represented real existences, and that a human Figure is really capable of choosing between them.
— from Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions (Illustrated) by Edwin Abbott Abbott

And I cannot help thinking that if Aesop had remembered them, he would have made a fable about God trying to reconcile their strife, and how, when he could not, he fastened their heads together; and this is the reason why when one comes the other follows, as I know by my own experience now, when after the pain in my leg which was caused by the chain pleasure appears to succeed.
— from Phaedo by Plato

I was just about dead-beat after it all, slept, goodness knows where, in some inn, kept by a Jew, with a vodka-barrel by my head.
— from Plays by Anton Chekhov, Second Series by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

“Unfortunately,” said the governor, “I know beforehand what you are about to say; it concerns your treasures, does it not?” Faria fixed his eyes on him with an expression that would have convinced anyone else of his sanity.
— from The Count of Monte Cristo, Illustrated by Alexandre Dumas

Gold River is the local name from the junction of the Yalung to about P'ing-shan; below P'ing-shan it is known by various designations, but the Ssu-ch'uanese naturally call it 'the River,' or, by contrast with its affluents, the 'Big River' ( Ta-ho )."
— from The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 2 by Rustichello of Pisa

"Yes, I know, but I'm so tired—I—I want a rest."
— from Frank and Andy Afloat Or, The Cave on the Island by Vance Barnum

“Well, I ought not to feel so, I know; but it sort o’ brings up everything, and tears open all the old wounds.
— from Lion Ben of Elm Island Elm Island Stories by Elijah Kellogg

The verdict was immediately known; but its proclamation was deferred till Parliament could be consulted.
— from Queen Elizabeth by Edward Spencer Beesly

I knew by the way he had killed his keeper that Rajah would go at my head if he attacked me at all, so I rigged up a mask of iron wire, and wore this strapped over my head like a little barrel.
— from Careers of Danger and Daring by Cleveland Moffett

This image kept blending itself as they walked with all the little things which his eyes fell upon.
— from Rodmoor: A Romance by John Cowper Powys

I knew better.
— from Over There with the Canadians at Vimy Ridge by G. Harvey (George Harvey) Ralphson

What have I kept back?
— from Antony and Cleopatra by William Shakespeare

He says, 'the outer walls have probably been added by the Normans, but the inner keep bears token of very great antiquity.'
— from The Country of Sir Walter Scott by Charles S. (Charles Sumner) Olcott

I refer to our Document 1582-PS, a letter dated 22 May 1941, addressed to Dr. Rascher, and bearing the stamp of the Personal Staff of the Reichsführer SS, and the initials, “K Br,” which initials are those of SS Sturmbannführer Karl Brandt.
— from Trial of the Major War Criminals Before the International Military Tribunal, Nuremburg, 14 November 1945-1 October 1946, Volume 4 by Various