As St. Peter’s affords the best sample of modern art in Rome 178 , so does the Pantheon exhibit the most satisfactory and best-preserved specimen of ancient art; for, notwithstanding the injuries it has sustained by the hands of barbarians of all ages, no signs of natural decay are yet visible; and with this magnificent model before their eyes, it appears strange, that the architects of St. Peter’s should not have accomplished [Pg 276] their task more worthily.
— from Ruins of Ancient Cities (Vol. 2 of 2) With General and Particular Accounts of Their Rise, Fall, and Present Condition by Charles Bucke

It is no doubt true, that the perusal of the Newgate Calendar has seldom or never deterred a youthful tyro in guilt from the commission of further offences; but a relation of absurdities (for such must be considered the origin of most duels) is, perhaps, more likely to prove beneficial than tales of terror.
— from The History of Duelling. Vol. 1 (of 2) by J. G. (John Gideon) Millingen

Seldom or never does any young girl, residing in his immediate neighborhood, escape defilement after attaining the age of puberty (165).
— from Primitive Love and Love-Stories by Henry T. Finck