[Pg 320] That they were generous to some therefore at the expense of others; and even though others may endure it, those who had already served out their time in the service, would never endure that others should serve on better terms than they themselves had served; and that these same individuals should have to bear the expense of their own service, and then that of others."
— from The History of Rome, Books 01 to 08 by Livy

These words were not especially touching or sympathetic.
— from The Secret Agent: A Simple Tale by Joseph Conrad

"Am I going mad?" He stood for ten minutes listening to the gas flaring in the silence of the empty room; lover though he was, he did not even think of stealing a ribbon that would have given him the perfume of the woman he loved.
— from The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux

No marriage was possible between them; not even that of souls; and yet, it is certain that their destinies were wedded.
— from Les Misérables by Victor Hugo

The anxieties of the great establishment in Mincing Lane never touched him; he knew nothing of risks, disappointments, or failures; in fact, Bertie never even thought of such things, for he was but a child at heart, and had perfect faith in his uncle's assurance that if he were only a good, obedient, industrious boy he would be very rich some day, and get back his home.
— from Little Folks (September 1884) A Magazine for the Young by Various

The land itself was a desolation, lifeless, without movement, so lone and cold that the spirit of it was not even that of sadness.
— from White Fang by Jack London

He did not even think of such a thing.
— from Les Misérables by Victor Hugo

It was a new experience, talking over such matters with her mother.
— from Martin Eden by Jack London

Colin had never talked to a boy in his life and he was so overwhelmed by his own pleasure and curiosity that he did not even think of speaking.
— from The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett

Indeed, he did not even think of saying it till some time later.
— from The Railway Children by E. (Edith) Nesbit

Only that my (now one year old) friend Bronchitis has thus far done but little more than to keep me aware that he has not quitted me, nor even thinks of so doing.
— from Letters of Edward FitzGerald to Fanny Kemble (1871-1883) by Edward FitzGerald

She replied joyously: "There is no end to our strength!"
— from The Happy Foreigner by Enid Bagnold

265 Could not enforce treaties on States, p. 265 Congress.
— from The Mystery of the Pinckney Draught by Charles C. Nott

So now, with the summer past, we find our young engineers out in Nevada, taking a little more rest just because no new engineering task of sufficient importance had presented itself.
— from The Young Engineers in Nevada; Or, Seeking Fortune on the Turn of a Pick by H. Irving (Harrie Irving) Hancock

Commandant J. J. van Niekerk (Ficksburg) declared that the meeting could not even think of surrendering their independence.
— from The peace negotiations between the governments of the South African Republic and the Orange Free State, and the representatives of the British government, which terminated in the peace concluded at Vereeniging on the 31st May, 1902 by J. D. (John Daniel) Kestell

I had not expected that they would so perfectly suit the fancy of us all three, or that we should so well agree in the disposition of them; but nothing except their own surface can have been smoother.
— from Memoir of Jane Austen by James Edward Austen-Leigh

We see their effects; it is obvious enough, that those of value tend for the survival of plants having such variations, and it was natural enough that older students of the problem should mistake these effects for the cause of them.
— from Botany: The Science of Plant Life by Norman Taylor

I never even thought of such a thing.
— from Renée Mauperin by Jules de Goncourt