“There now!” said Peter; “fancy us not even thinking of that!
— from The Railway Children by E. (Edith) Nesbit

Barnstable was subsequently occupied by Mr. Maur [402] ice Scollard, a veteran attaché of the Bank of Upper Canada, of Irish birth, remembered by all frequenters of that institution, and by others for numerous estimable traits of character, but especially for a gift of genuine quiet humour and wit, which at a touch was ever unfailingly ready to manifest itself in word or act, in some unexpected, amusing, genial way.
— from Toronto of Old Collections and recollections illustrative of the early settlement and social life of the capital of Ontario by Henry Scadding

Even when the straw-man is not designated as Death, the meaning of the observance is probably the same; for the name Death, as I have tried to show, does not express the original intention of the ceremony.
— from The Golden Bough: A Study of Magic and Religion by James George Frazer

But the inclination for a run, encouraged by confidence in his luck, and by a draught of brandy from his pocket-pistol at the conclusion of the bargain, was not easy to overcome, especially with a horse under him that would take the fences to the admiration of the field.
— from Silas Marner by George Eliot

We must not expect to overcome a stubborn fact merely by a stubborn will.
— from Pushing to the Front by Orison Swett Marden

His sovereignty was soon attacked by a new enemy, the only one against whom Godfrey was a coward.
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Table of Contents with links in the HTML file to the two Project Gutenberg editions (12 volumes) by Edward Gibbon

It was not Epimetheus that opened the box, but Pandora—“All-gift,” whom, contrary to the advice of his brother, he had received at the hands of Mercury, and had made his wife.
— from Bacon's Essays, and Wisdom of the Ancients by Francis Bacon

He came so unexpectedly that none of us knew him, not even the older ones among us, and we reviled him and threw things at him.
— from The Odyssey Rendered into English prose for the use of those who cannot read the original by Homer

In such cases we must first of all not assume that these facts have not occurred {251} because the witness has not explained them or has overlooked them; we must proceed as suggested in order to validate the relevant circumstances by means of the witness—i.e., we must teach him the conditions and relationships until they become portions of his habitual mental machinery.
— from Criminal Psychology: A Manual for Judges, Practitioners, and Students by Hans Gross

I knew what it was, now, and from mere reportorial instinct, nothing else, took out my watch and noted the time of day; at that moment a third and still severer shock came, and as I reeled about on the pavement trying to keep my footing, I saw a sight!
— from Roughing It by Mark Twain

Michael did not even think of landing.
— from Michael Strogoff; Or, The Courier of the Czar by Jules Verne

They were so absorbed in looking at each other that they never even thought of bowing for the last time.
— from Jean-Christophe, Volume I by Romain Rolland

It is not enough that of two people neither should have injured the other.
— from The Witch of Prague: A Fantastic Tale by F. Marion (Francis Marion) Crawford

Then the Lord Saito Takamura Ichigo, Saito—” “Do not enumerate them, Omi.
— from The Honorable Miss Moonlight by Winnifred Eaton

None exposed their own children.
— from A Philosophical Dictionary, Volume 03 by Voltaire