For my part, I am so attir’d in wonder, I know not what to say. BEATRICE.
— from Much Ado about Nothing by William Shakespeare
I know not that, when he knows what I know.
— from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare
My charming bed-fellow also rose for a necessary purpose, which I had interrupted when I knocked at the door.
— from The Romance of Lust: A classic Victorian erotic novel by Anonymous
What can be then less in me then desire To see thee and approach thee, whom I know Declar'd the Son of God, to hear attent Thy wisdom, and behold thy God-like deeds? Men generally think me much a foe To all mankind: why should I?
— from The Poetical Works of John Milton by John Milton
The antennæ are—” “Dey aint no tin in him, Massa Will, I keep a tellin on you,” here interrupted Jupiter; “de bug is a goole bug, solid, ebery bit of him, inside and all, sep him wing—neber feel half so hebby a bug in my life.”
— from The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 1 by Edgar Allan Poe
It was the beginning of the slack season for any sort of artistic enterprise in Paris, and from every door at which I knocked with feigned hope I was turned away with the wretchedly monotonous phrase, Monsieur est a la campagne.
— from My Life — Volume 1 by Richard Wagner
I was sitting all alone, wishing I knew more of the members, and suddenly he came, a great rolling front of chins and abdomina, towards me, and grunted and sat down in a chair close by me and wheezed for a space, and scraped for a space with a match and lit a cigar, and then addressed me.
— from The Country of the Blind, and Other Stories by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
I knew Sir Arthur's way: I knew he would not willingly see me himself; and, immediately suspecting that his letter was from honest Aby, I determined if possible he should not escape me.
— from Anna St. Ives by Thomas Holcroft
Of which I know nothing by experience, though I know something by observation.
— from An Ideal Husband by Oscar Wilde
[221] "Yes," she cried, wildly, "I know; you need not say it"— page 219.
— from Madeline Payne, the Detective's Daughter by Lawrence L. Lynch
Nor was it known to professional trainers that it was possible for the master to direct a horse to any point of the compass simply by means of the quiet posture of the body.
— from Clever Hans (The Horse of Mr. Von Osten) A contribution to experimental animal and human psychology by Oskar Pfungst
But the points I have touched on are just those about which I know many thoughtful women are puzzled.
— from The Healthy Life, Vol. V, Nos. 24-28 The Independent Health Magazine by Various
I found now I had business enough to gather and carry home; and resolved to lay up a store, as well of [page 102] grapes as limes and lemons, to furnish myself for the wet season, which I knew was approaching.
— from The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe (1808) by Daniel Defoe
How would I know?
— from Warren Commission (05 of 26): Hearings Vol. V (of 15) by United States. Warren Commission
You can’t imagine how nice she is; and so grateful to any one who is kind to her.
— from Little Wideawake: A story book for little children by Barker, Sale, Mrs.
I stopped over night on both journeys with a lot of Eskimo, at that time hunting the Davis Gilbert Mountains and living in what is known as Oakpik (willow camp), in the extreme western part of the Mackenzie delta, very near the foot of the mountains.
— from Musk-Ox, Bison, Sheep and Goat by George Bird Grinnell
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