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The poet's pleasure in it is full but undiscriminating; he makes no attempt to put the 'something' the birds 'knew' into words.

Who knew thee once, we have a right to weep.

She had profound thoughts, and she knew the night was temporary.

While impermanence was not a reality they knew, he became embittered.

He knew, for one thing, what he was.

He knew where he wanted to go, and in domestic affairs as well as foreign he accomplished most of his purposes.

He knew he had far more anecdotes, recorded conversations, letters - more were coming in all the time - insight, and sensitivity than his rivals.

He knew there were plenty of envious and hostile readers out there waiting for him to take a false step.

She couldn't turn either way for help because she knew the answer would be" it is your own fault".

They knew about their common membership in a lineage and knew about a common ancestor, but they did not celebrate him.

He felt the teacher's rostrum to be his fit place; the place where he knew that what he had to offer was valued.

He only knew that the speech had told and that he raised applause, and that he made some jokes which aroused laughter.

He became a bishop because, and solely because, the diocese knew him well and wanted him back.

He knew a great deal about theories of planetary motion.

We knew we didn't have the mathematical competence and could not afford the time to do this ourselves, so we shopped around.

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