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know it but even so
He did not know it, but, even so, it would have delighted his soul to take an ax to Joe.
— from The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine, August, 1913 Vol. LXXXVI. New Series: Vol. LXIV. May to October, 1913 by Various

know it but every Saturday
Perhaps you didn't know it; but every Saturday he flies over Blue Mountain to the pond where Brownie Beaver lives and [33] tells Brownie all the news of the past week."
— from The Tale of Kiddie Katydid by Arthur Scott Bailey

knew it by every shrinking
He knew it by every shrinking fibre in his body, he knew it by the sudden dizzy whirling of his brain, at the mere thought of that calamity.
— from The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition, Vol. 10 by Robert Louis Stevenson

Kjelgaard Illustrated by Edward Shenton
THE WILD HORSE ROUNDUP RESCUE DOG OF THE HIGH PASS RESCUE DOG OF THE H igh P ass By Jim Kjelgaard Illustrated by Edward Shenton DODD, MEAD & COMPANY, NEW YORK, 1958 © 1958 by Jim Kjelgaard All rights reserved No part of this book may be reproduced in any form without permission in writing from the publisher
— from Rescue Dog of the High Pass by Jim Kjelgaard

known it Bertha ever since
"M. de Bois knows how much I have wished for this consummation; and I think you have known it, Bertha, ever since you made me a certain confession."
— from Fairy Fingers A Novel by Anna Cora Ogden Mowatt Ritchie

know it but Elliott Sherwood
Frances did not know it, but Elliott Sherwood drove a full mile out of his way that morning to take her home, and risked being late for a very important appointment—from which it may be inferred that he was not quite so blind to the beautiful as he had seemed.
— from Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1902 to 1903 by L. M. (Lucy Maud) Montgomery

know it but either supposition
Yes, I do know it, but either supposition is so ridiculous——" "Wait a minute; no matter how ridiculous a suspicion may seem to the people involved, it must be met and denied or it remains.
— from In the Onyx Lobby by Carolyn Wells

know it but Ephraim shall
And when Joseph represented to him that he was preferring the younger he answered him with admirable decision, "I know it well, my son, I know it, but Ephraim shall increase in a way quite other than Manasseh."
— from The Thoughts of Blaise Pascal by Blaise Pascal

know it but every stone
"You may not know it, but every stone of great value is what's called a named stone; every jeweler knows of it.
— from The Sixty-First Second by Owen Johnson

King is better ever since
The King is better ever since that examination; and this I speak on no partial authority, but on the information of Warren himself, who gave yesterday to the person who repeated it to me a much more favourable account.
— from Memoirs of the Court and Cabinets of George the Third From the Original Family Documents, Volume 2 by Buckingham and Chandos, Richard Plantagenet Temple Nugent Brydges Chandos Grenville, Duke of


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