Once a bear made a furious rush at him (2), and without wincing he grappled with her, and was pulled from his horse, receiving wounds the scars of which were visible through life; but in the end he slew the creature, nor did he forget him who first came to his aid, but made him enviable in the eyes of many. (2) The elder Cyrus, when a boy, kills not a bear but a boar.
— from Anabasis by Xenophon

Isabel of course knew nothing about bills; but even as a child she thought her grandmother’s home romantic.
— from The Portrait of a Lady — Volume 1 by Henry James

There are (saith Rhases ) three natures, the first whereof cannot bee knowne nor apprehended, but by a deepe elevated Meditation: This is, that all-good God Almighty, Author, and the first Cause of all things.
— from A Discovrse of Fire and Salt Discovering Many Secret Mysteries as well Philosophicall, as Theologicall by Blaise de Vigenère

Well did the apostle Peter say of you, that you know nothing, only what you know naturally as brute beasts, made to be taken and destroyed.
— from The Government of God by John Taylor

I knew nothing about Buffalo, but I had made my household arrangements there through a friend, by letter.
— from Chapters from My Autobiography by Mark Twain

Some are slain as they lift their sluggish limbs from the couch, others know not any break between sleep and death.
— from Claudian, volume 1 (of 2) With an English translation by Maurice Platnauer by Claudius Claudianus

He was a fellow with a kind nature at bottom, but too easy-going to withstand the temptations of London.
— from My Friend Smith: A Story of School and City Life by Talbot Baines Reed

It was his habit to boast that he knew nothing about books; but in their presence he shrank, feeling that they were greater than he, which was, there is little doubt, a sign of grace.
— from Phoebe, Junior by Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant

Once I thought Men cared for the women who found home the spot Next to heaven for happiness; women who knew No ambition beyond being loyal and true, And who loved all the tasks of the housewife.
— from Three Women by Ella Wheeler Wilcox

“Talk to my lord, or my lord’s agents, since you are going to Ireland about business—I know nothing about business; but this I know, I shall stay in England, and be in London, every season, as long as I can afford it; and when I cannot afford to live here, I hope I shall not live any where.
— from Tales and Novels — Volume 06 by Maria Edgeworth