"Knock up" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... me just like all other women lie when they are on the defensive, that she made fun of me, that perhaps some one had foreseen this scene and had told her what to say and made sure of her silence, just as her complicity had been gained. Thus I shall always knock up against some barrier, and struggle in this wretched darkness, and this mire from which I ...
— The Works of Guy de Maupassant, Volume II (of 8) • Guy de Maupassant
... Prudhomme! I went back and sat down beside him again so as to get a good look at him. His face has an expression of calmness and of penetration. Somebody came to look for him, and I heard his voice, which is sweet and almost timid. He would certainly not tell obscene stories aloud in public or knock up against ladies without apologizing. He is assuredly a man of refinement, but his refinement is of an almost morbid, sensitive character, I will try this winter to get an introduction ...
— Maupassant Original Short Stories (180), Complete • Guy de Maupassant
... Work, work, work. If I don't knock up, I shall be able to pay back the advance in another week; and then, with a little more pinching in my daily expenses, I may succeed in saving a shilling or two to get some turf to put over Mary's grave, and perhaps even a few flowers ...
— The Queen of Hearts • Wilkie Collins
... we must have the cloisters opened immediately!" exclaimed the master, as all the full truth of the dread imparted by Judith became clear to him. "Channing, you have light heels; run on, and knock up Ketch." ...
— The Channings • Mrs. Henry Wood
... called the engineer. "We want to make haste slowly. That buckskin you're on isn't so young as he has been, and my pony has to lug around two hundred pounds. We'll get back sooner by being moderate. Besides you don't wish to knock up old Buck. He is about the only one of these jumpy cow ponies that is ...
— Out of the Depths - A Romance of Reclamation • Robert Ames Bennet |
