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reason is that while I knew

The reason is that while I knew the game to be lost, I was hoping for the following variation, which Chajes came very near playing: 51 Q × P ch, K - R 2; 52 Q - R 5, R × P; 53 B - Kt 5 ch, K - Kt 2; 54 B × R ch, K × B; and while White has a won game it is by no means easy.
— from Chess Fundamentals by José Raúl Capablanca

rising in the west I knew

A moon rising in the west I knew was an impossibility!
— from The Red Fox's Son: A Romance of Bharbazonia by Edgar M. (Edgar Meck) Dilley

relations in the world I knew

Having no relations in the world, I knew not what it was to lose them by death, and having so little fortitude, I was almost inconsolable.
— from The Foundling; or, The Child of Providence by J. (John) Church

rude I think when I knew

Beastly rude I think, when I knew her father so well--he was a great friend of mine--rather!"
— from Whom God Hath Joined: A Question of Marriage by Fergus Hume

remain in the womb it keeps

If brought forth at that time it breathes at will, indeed could not survive one little hour without breathing; yet, as I have said, if it remain in the womb it keeps alive and well beyond the ninth month without the aid of respiration....
— from Harvey's Views on the Use of the Circulation of the Blood by John Green Curtis

returned into the walled inclosure Kenric

So when the abbot returned into the walled inclosure, Kenric took his hands and reverently kissed them.
— from The Thirsty Sword: A Story of the Norse Invasion of Scotland (1262-1263) by Robert Leighton

recompense in this way I know

Whatever was his recompense in this way I know not, but I am certain he was despised as long as he lived, and his memory will for ever be pointed at as contemptible and degrading by the people of both nations.
— from The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 17, No. 480, March 12, 1831 by Various

rendered if that wish is known

One should follow the wish of the host or hostess in regard to giving the servants some gratuity for service rendered, if that wish is known; otherwise, unless there is an accepted rule to the contrary, it is well to give, when leaving, a small gift of money to such of the servants as have been especially helpful.
— from The Etiquette of To-day by Edith B. (Edith Bertha) Ordway

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