" The words were not out of her mouth when, without feeling conscious that any change was passing over me, I suddenly knew that I had ceased to be a man.
— from The Arabian Nights Entertainments by Andrew Lang

“Here are your worsted leggins, for it will be cold; but the muff I shall keep for myself, for it is so very pretty.
— from Andersen's Fairy Tales by H. C. (Hans Christian) Andersen

Gipul-an ku sa íyang mga isturya, singut kaáyung pamináwun, I’m bored with her stories.
— from A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan by John U. Wolff

Now, to return to the west bank, there be two bear gardens, the old and new places, wherein be kept bears, bulls, and other beasts, to be baited; as also mastiffs in several kennels, nourished to bait them.
— from The Survey of London by John Stow

Indeed, thou shalt sup with me, and albeit my husband is abroad, which grieveth me mightily, I shall know well how to do thee some little honour, such as a woman may.'
— from The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio by Giovanni Boccaccio

Did not you tell me I should know the man By the Athenian garments he had on?
— from A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare

“Well,” Henrietta replied good-humouredly, “if I had not known before that you were trying somehow to abash me I should know it now.
— from The Portrait of a Lady — Volume 1 by Henry James

“Extremely,” replied he; “she looked so pale this morning, I scarcely knew her.”
— from The Count of Monte Cristo, Illustrated by Alexandre Dumas

‘Miss Sally couldn’t kill me if she know’d I went down there, so I’ll come,’ said Richard, putting the cards into his pocket.
— from The Old Curiosity Shop by Charles Dickens

An intelligent knowledge of the direction from which danger was likely to come was shown by the placing of troops in western Virginia to meet Confederate attacks, while soldiers were moved into southern Kentucky to defend Tennessee.
— from A New History of the United States The greater republic, embracing the growth and achievements of our country from the earliest days of discovery and settlement to the present eventful year by Charles Morris

Now that I know for deadly certain that Cousin Julia would hate me if she knew, I can't go on being—as I am.
— from Elsie Marley, Honey by Joslyn Gray

The Indians who took part in the wrecking of this train have told me how the freight cars were broken open, the goods taken from them and scattered over the prairie, and how the young men in sport knotted the ends of bolts of calico to their horses’ tails and then galloped wildly in all directions, the cloth streaming behind them in the wind.]
— from Beyond the Old Frontier: Adventures of Indian-Fighters, Hunters, and Fur-Traders by George Bird Grinnell

'I think,' said Douglas slowly, 'that I shall get lost the day we are going back; and then I shall live in the wood in that little hut; I shall be a kind of wild man; and I shall eat berries and nuts, and when I want some meat I shall kill a rabbit, and cook him!
— from Odd by Amy Le Feuvre

Behold, gentle Reader, the Birth of a few Evenings, which, tho' it be the Offspring of the Night, is not the Abortive of Darkness, but will make it self known to be the Son of Apollo, with a certain Ray of Parnassus.
— from The Spectator, Volumes 1, 2 and 3 With Translations and Index for the Series by Steele, Richard, Sir

" He was soon home, and, while the bird waited outside, he went in to ask his mother if she knew of a nest Mrs. Wren could hire.
— from Sammie and Susie Littletail by Howard Roger Garis

If we didn't take a motor, we should have to wait half the morning for a slow train, and then have a drive at the end, of six or seven miles in some kind of a country conveyance.
— from Lady Betty Across the Water by A. M. (Alice Muriel) Williamson

" Jo looked relieved, and after a pause, said, smiling, "How Mrs. Moffat would wonder at your want of management, if she knew, and how she will rejoice that Annie may still hope.
— from Little Women by Louisa May Alcott

I do not know the Persian language, but, if you adopt me, I shall know it in a few days and you shall be my master.
— from Their Majesties as I Knew Them Personal Reminiscences of the Kings and Queens of Europe by Xavier Paoli