Upon which the aunt cried, “Mr Blifil—ay, Mr Blifil, of whom else have we been talking?” “Good heavens,” answered Sophia, ready to sink, “of Mr Jones, I thought; I am sure I know no other who deserves—” “I protest,” cries the aunt, “you frighten me in your turn.
— from History of Tom Jones, a Foundling by Henry Fielding
Way mubinúang nímu dinhi samtang nía ku, No one will do you any mischief as long as I am here.
— from A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan by John U. Wolff
Dr. Hickes, who attended Pepys at his deathbed, spoke of him as ‘this great man,’ and said he knew no one who died so greatly.
— from The Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete by Samuel Pepys
In fact, they knew no one who did not suffer, as a rule, from these small inconveniences.
— from Two Little Pilgrims' Progress: A Story of the City Beautiful by Frances Hodgson Burnett
The difficulty of the problems of the theory of knowledge no one will deny, though many are impatient of considerations of them.
— from Life's Basis and Life's Ideal: The Fundamentals of a New Philosophy of Life by Rudolf Eucken
Pause first there on the threshold, till you learn (Apart from those) who ’tis you take within, And more besides that you yet know not of, Which deeply imports your knowing.
— from The Seven Plays in English Verse by Sophocles
She knew no one whose duty it was to help her; no one knew her to help her.
— from Balcony Stories by Grace Elizabeth King
"There are other ways of governing, Harriet, besides the whip and the lock and key, neither of which do I approve of, except in extreme cases.
— from Lewie; Or, The Bended Twig by Sarah H. (Sarah Hopkins) Bradford
Verena knew people who dined at midday and others who dined in the evening, and others still who never dined at all; but she knew no one who dined at half-past three.
— from The Bostonians, Vol. II (of II) by Henry James
Watch therefore: for ye know not on what day your Lord cometh.
— from His Life: A Complete Story in the Words of the Four Gospels by William Eleazar Barton
O little careless feet That scornful tread Upon my dreaming head, As little as the rose Of him who lies there knows Nor of what dreams may be Beneath your feet; Know you of me, Ah!
— from A Jongleur Strayed Verses on Love and Other Matters Sacred and Profane by Richard Le Gallienne
42 Watch therefore: for ye know not on what day your Lord cometh.
— from A Harmony of the Gospels for Students of the Life of Christ Based on the Broadus Harmony in the Revised Version by A. T. Robertson
"I knew no one was dead," said the taipan irritably.
— from On a Chinese Screen by W. Somerset (William Somerset) Maugham
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