ENTRY - John Maynard Home Page

A) I DARE SAY + KNOW/REMEMBER
1) ―Certainly, more important operations than that have been performed,‖ observed
Richard; ―the Encyclopaedia mentions much more incredible circumstances than that,
as, I dare say, you know, Doctor Todd.‖
(The Pioneers, Ch. VI, p. 94/604; Library of America,
Leatherstocking Tales, vol. I, p. 80; Feb. 1823)
2) ―These steamboats are great inventions for the western lakes, as are the railroads
for this vast inland region. I dare say you can remember Lake Erie when it was an
unusual thing to see a sail of any sort on it, and now, I should think, we might count
fifty.‖ (The Oak Openings – CSPCT, Ch. XXX, p. 329, Aug. 1848)
[Triple Entry: Cf. ―sea-lakes‖ & ―Lake Erie‖]
3) ―I dare say, now, Miles, that you knew, and loved, and respected your mother?‖
5) (Afloat and Ashore, Ch. XIX, p. 368/654, June 1844)
B) MUST + KNOW
1) ―The great lakes, you must know, make a chain, the water passing out of one into
the other, until it reaches Erie, which is a sheet off here to the westward, as large as
Ontario itself. Well, out of Erie the water comes, until it reaches a low mountain like,
over the edge of which it passes.‖
(The Pathfinder, Ch. XII, p. 242/644, Library of America,
Leatherstocking Tales, vol. II: p. 185, Feb. / March 1840, London
and Philadelphia; Double entry: cf. ―Sea-Lakes)
C) SUPPOSE + KNOW
1) ―I suppose you know, sir, that the ‗Jew‘ has a face just like a human?‖
(The Lake Gun, p. 6/22, 1850)
2) ―What schooner is that, pray?‖
―The Sea Lion, of Oyster Pond, Long Island, bound to the southward, after seal, as
I suppose you know by our outfit.‖
(The Sea Lions, Ch. VIII, p. 139/532, April 1849)
3) ―I suppose you know, Mr. Macy, all this is contrary to orders,‖ said Hazard, as he
was leading his own gang back towards the cove.
(The Sea Lions, Ch. XVIII, p. 307/532, April 1849)
4) ―Well, sir, I suppose you know what must be done next in such a case.‖
(The Sea Lions, Ch. XXIV, p. 417/532, April 1849)
5) ―But I suppose you know what you say, and before whom you say it.‖
(The Red Rover, Ch. X, p. 183/589, Nov. 1827)
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