The general of the east and of the seas, far from standing on his defence against them, appeared not even to observe all the busy agitation, and to obtain his victories over the democracy as Herakles gained his over the Pygmies, without being himself aware of it.
— from The History of Rome (Volumes 1-5) by Theodor Mommsen

That [Pg 140] Don himself knew that he might be better employed, was proved by the fact that he did all this alone, not even taking Bert into his confidence.
— from The Buried Treasure; Or, Old Jordan's "Haunt" by Harry Castlemon

Bela, king of Hungary, had recently attracted forty thousand families of Comans into his dominions, who betrayed him; the palatines and magnates of the kingdom were divided among themselves, and not even the aspect of danger could induce them to unite or submit themselves to the laws of the monarch.
— from The History of the Crusades (vol. 2 of 3) by J. Fr. (Joseph Fr.) Michaud