She, however, determined to make her husband rich, especially as she knew the secret of becoming rich.
— from Folk-Tales of Bengal by Lal Behari Day

Nothing was said at first of the cause for Aurora’s air of 367 repressed excitement, as she knit on a pink and white baby-jacket, or the cloudy annoyance puckering Estelle’s brow as she stitched on her silk tapestry.
— from Aurora the Magnificent by Gertrude Hall Brownell

Returning to his master, who sat at his ease, drinking and gaily conversing with his anxious guest, Little John whispered: “The knight has told the truth,” and thereupon Robin exclaimed aloud: “Sir Knight, I will not take one [Pg 320] penny from you; you may rather borrow of me if you have need of more money, for ten shillings is but a miserable sum for a knight.
— from Hero-Myths & Legends of the British Race by M. I. (Maud Isabel) Ebbutt

Roll 'em an' see kin you roll to de po' house.
— from Lady Luck by Hugh Wiley

"I'm not going to be rude," Paulina replied, and she meant what she said, though in her heart she had not forgiven the reproof she had received, especially as she knew she had deserved it.
— from Fairies Afield by Mrs. Molesworth

"Yes, she was ready enough, and she kept me along with the little work she had.
— from Miss Theodora: A West End Story by Helen Leah Reed

He must realize that scientific knowledge of the problems which confront him is as necessary to his real efficiency as scientific knowledge is to the analytical chemist.
— from Habits that Handicap: The Menace of Opium, Alcohol, and Tobacco, and the Remedy by Charles Barnes Towns

He could not speak or read English, and so knew little of the great documents of liberty and idealism in their first fire of the original.
— from China Revolutionized by John Stuart Thomson

She has read everything and she knows the world as well as I do.
— from The Jucklins: A Novel by Opie Percival Read

Shouts and weapon-fire interrupted her descent into peace, something she resented even as she knew it meant safety for her thakur and perhaps for herself.
— from Thakur-na: A Terran Empire story by Ann Wilson

She receives an unusually large portion, for Sam is wisely dividing the returns evenly; and Slum Kitty retreats with her 'daily' into shelter of the great building, to which she is regularly attached.
— from Animal Heroes by Ernest Thompson Seton