When he could disengage himself from the assiduities of the other ladies, he sometimes addressed Emily: but she knew nothing of Parisian fashions, or Parisian operas; and her modesty, simplicity, and correct manners formed a decided contrast to those of her female companions.
— from The Mysteries of Udolpho by Ann Ward Radcliffe

“Of course you do,” Hans Distelmayer said, unable evidently to keep note of puzzlement from his voice.
— from Status Quo by Mack Reynolds

“ Second : Once the signal is given every bro∴ shall fulfill the duty imposed upon him by this Gr∴ Reg∴ Log∴ without considerations of any kind, neither of parentage, friendship or gratitude, etc.
— from The Katipunan; or, The Rise and Fall of the Filipino Commune by Francis St. Clair

No true love can be that knows nothing of pain, for pain ennobles love and teaches self-sacrifice and this surely is the noblest good of all.
— from Peregrine's Progress by Jeffery Farnol

It knows nothing of physical forces save as immediate manifestations of the omnipresent creative power of God.
— from The Idea of God as Affected by Modern Knowledge by John Fiske

His furthest point was 213 kilometres east of "San Quita" (Sankwita), a village sixty-one kilometres north (??) of Pointe Fétiche, near Cape Lopez; but wars and receding waters prevented his reaching the confluence where the Ivindo fork enters the north bank of the Ogobe.
— from Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo, Volume 1 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir

He knew nothing of practical farming and I knew nothing of practical cooking.
— from As I Remember Recollections of American Society during the Nineteenth Century by Marian Gouverneur

Once the signal is given every bro∴ shall fulfill the duty imposed upon him by this Gr∴ Reg∴ Log∴ without considerations of any kind, neither of parentage, friendship nor of gratitude, etc.”
— from The Katipunan; or, The Rise and Fall of the Filipino Commune by Francis St. Clair