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keel is not known says
‘The history of the keel is not known,’ says this author.
— from Snakes: Curiosities and Wonders of Serpent Life by Catherine Cooper Hopley

kindness is no kindness said
"General kindness is no kindness," said Valérie, passionately.
— from Beatrice Boville and Other Stories by Ouida

know is not knowledge Sir
‘What I do not know is not knowledge,’ Sir Walter Scott might have said, with regard to bogles and bar-ghaists.
— from Cock Lane and Common-Sense by Andrew Lang

know I never knew so
Do you know, I never knew so long a day as this has been.
— from Bab: A Sub-Deb by Mary Roberts Rinehart

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