And when Johanan, and the rulers that were with him, observed the country, and the humanity of Gedaliah, they were exceedingly in love with him, and told him that Baalis, the king of the Ammonites, had sent Ishmael to kill him by treachery, and secretly, that he might have the dominion over the Israelites, as being of the royal family; and they said that he might deliver himself from this treacherous design, if he would give them leave to slay Ishmael, and nobody should know it, for they told him they were afraid that, when he was killed by the other, the entire ruin of the remaining strength of the Israelites would ensue.
— from Antiquities of the Jews by Flavius Josephus

‘Ah!’ said Kit, ‘I forgot that.
— from The Old Curiosity Shop by Charles Dickens

, Me mightier transports move and thrill; So keep I fair thro' faith and prayer A virgin heart in work and will.
— from The Early Poems of Alfred Lord Tennyson by Tennyson, Alfred Tennyson, Baron

By experiment I know that wood swims, and dry leaves, and feathers, and plenty of other things; therefore by all that cumulative evidence you know that a rock will swim; but you have to put up with simply knowing it, for there isn't any way to prove it—up to now.
— from Eve's Diary, Complete by Mark Twain

"We will be down as soon as we can," said Jane; "but I dare say Kitty is forwarder than either of us, for she went up stairs half an hour ago."
— from Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

“Now, just tell me who the devil should know in France that the officer Fernand and the Count of Morcerf are one and the same person?
— from The Count of Monte Cristo, Illustrated by Alexandre Dumas

She knew, in fact, that she was rather a goose, and that it was left to geese to do a great many disagreeable things.
— from A Little Princess Being the whole story of Sara Crewe now told for the first time by Frances Hodgson Burnett

The pleasure of men and women being thus proved to be of the same kind, it follows that in regard to time, there are nine kinds of sexual intercourse, in the same way as there are nine kinds, according to the force of passion.
— from The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana Translated From the Sanscrit in Seven Parts With Preface, Introduction and Concluding Remarks by Vatsyayana

“We will be down as soon as we can,” said Jane; “but I dare say Kitty is forwarder than either of us, for she went up stairs half an hour ago.”
— from Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

The Kindly, [6] loving Mother that witteth and knoweth the need of her child, she keepeth it full tenderly, as the nature
— from Revelations of Divine Love by of Norwich Julian

poor girl, just as she knew it from the very beginning."
— from Greatheart by Ethel M. (Ethel May) Dell

For many minutes Kathleen let the girl weep on unrestrainedly, for she knew it for the better way.
— from The Garden of Memories by Henry St. John Cooper

And, sure enough, two days later saw Karl Ivanitch forced to retire in favour of the young Frenchman referred to.
— from Boyhood by Tolstoy, Leo, graf

The lawn, the trees, the opposite hills were unknown to her, but the spirit of the river spoke to her familiarly, and she knew it for the Thames.
— from The Invader: A Novel by Margaret L. (Margaret Louisa) Woods

She had often been to Paris in her maiden days; she knew it from the point of view of a cheap boarding-house and snatched meals.
— from Beyond The Rocks: A Love Story by Elinor Glyn

If you guess my secret, keep it for the sake of my good name; and for the sake of my good name do not let any other eyes but yours see this letter.
— from Joshua Marvel by B. L. (Benjamin Leopold) Farjeon

They're frightfully sick about that tiger being in a cage; they wouldn't have minded a sahib killing it for the good of mankind it seems, but putting it behind bars is an insult to some god, or something like that.
— from Leonie of the Jungle by Joan Conquest

The fascination which this stranger exercised did not deceive her; she knew it for the spell of evil, to be resisted with all her heart and soul.
— from The Lady Evelyn: A Story of To-day by Max Pemberton