"Knock" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... I suggested that she should steal in first by the way she had come out, and that I should wait a little and knock at the door when she had had time ...
— Under the Red Robe • Stanley Weyman
... from the other end of the table. Mrs. Starling had raised her voice, but Josiah's wits always wanted a knock at the door before they ...
— Diana • Susan Warner
... Dr. Bevan to look at him, as I do not care for such undivided responsibility. And perhaps it will be well to have a nurse for a week or two. Mrs. Crampton is not as young as she was, and it is a pity to knock her up." ...
— Doctor Luttrell's First Patient • Rosa Nouchette Carey
... and arrows, or of their lances; and we thought their numbers increased upon our hands, particularly we thought so by the noise. So I called to our men to halt, and bid them pour in one whole volley and then shout, as we did in our first fight, and so run in upon them and knock them down with ...
— The Life, Adventures & Piracies of the Famous Captain Singleton • Daniel Defoe
... closed with a decision that sent a sharp echo through the silent, heated air, and Mr. Dyceworthy was left to contemplate it at his leisure. Full of wrath, he was about to knock peremptorily and insist that it should be re-opened; but on second thoughts he decided that it was beneath his dignity to argue with a servant, much less with a declared lunatic like Sigurd,—so he made the best of his way back to his boat, thinking gloomily of the hard labor awaiting ...
— Thelma • Marie Corelli
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