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shall know you
But do your work, and I shall know you.
— from Essays by Ralph Waldo Emerson by Ralph Waldo Emerson

shall keep you
So I shall keep you here! ...
— from The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux

should know you
Did I not tell you, Jackey, said she, that I should have a wit to talk to?—He, who swears like a fine gentleman at every word, rapped out an oath, and said, drolling, I think, Mrs. Pamela, if I may be so bold as to say so, you should know you are speaking to Lady Davers!—Sir, said I, I hope there was no need of your information, and so I can't thank you for it; and am sorry you seem to think it wants an oath to convince me of the truth of it.
— from Pamela, or Virtue Rewarded by Samuel Richardson

scorn Know ye
Know ye not then said Satan , filld with scorn, Know ye not me?
— from Paradise Lost by John Milton

Sir know you
Sir, know you this glove?
— from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare

so kindly yet
Though you stroke the nettle ever so kindly, yet it will sting you.
— from Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources Including Phrases, Mottoes, Maxims, Proverbs, Definitions, Aphorisms, and Sayings of Wise Men, in Their Bearing on Life, Literature, Speculation, Science, Art, Religion, and Morals, Especially in the Modern Aspects of Them by Wood, James, Rev.

she knows you
Besides, she knows you are in the house, and will permit you to see her.
— from She Stoops to Conquer; Or, The Mistakes of a Night: A Comedy by Oliver Goldsmith

sa kustums You
Náay ímung parinting makabyúnan sa kustums, You have relatives to turn to for influence in the customs.
— from A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan by John U. Wolff

should keep your
"You babies should keep your stupid heads down like your elders," retorted a grizzled reservist as he stuffed tobacco into the green china bowl of a real German pipe.
— from Letters from France by C. E. W. (Charles Edwin Woodrow) Bean

same kind you
Sir: Being of late unable to go abroad, by reason of my lame hip”—no wonder he was hipped—“which gives me great pain, besides that it would not be safe for me, at present, because of that strumpet’s”— Lady Morland’s —“debts, I take the boldness to entreat you, that, according to your wonted favors, of the same kind, you will be pleased, at the next opportunity, to give the King this following account.”
— from Dealings with the Dead, Volume 2 (of 2) by Lucius M. (Lucius Manlius) Sargent

she knows you
“’Specially if she knows you’ve turned over a new leaf, and mean to walk straight after this.
— from The Boy Scouts as County Fair Guides by Robert Shaler

she knows you
I did not know Miss Laniston's name, but I have also met her, and talked to her about you, and she knows you used to write for me, and I do not like her."
— from The House of Martha by Frank Richard Stockton

still know you
Amalia touched his arm lightly, to restrain him, and said: “Many people to-day, Chevalier, still know you best by the old and more widely renowned name of Casanova.”
— from Casanova's Homecoming by Arthur Schnitzler

shall kill you
This is a level road, and a straight one; now, I will count one hundred and fifty, and if you are not out of sight in that time, I shall kill you, just as sure as God made little apples."
— from The Scout and Ranger Being the Personal Adventures of Corporal Pike of the Fourth Ohio cavalry by James Pike

she knows yer
For she knows yer only hidin' An' yer got ter rise to breathe,
— from Step Lively! A Carload of the Funniest Yarns that Ever Crossed the Footlights by George Niblo

Some kind young
There dwells a kind old aunt, and there you see 170 Some kind young nieces in her company— Poor village nieces, whom the tender dame Invites to town, and gives their beauty fame; The grateful sisters feel th' important aid, And the good aunt is flatter'd and repaid.
— from George Crabbe: Poems, Volume 1 (of 3) by George Crabbe


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