And that is the genius of Miss Austen, to interest us not by a romantic story but by the truth of her observation and by the fidelity of her portrayal of human nature, especially of feminine nature.
— from Outlines of English and American Literature An Introduction to the Chief Writers of England and America, to the Books They Wrote, and to the Times in Which They Lived by William J. (William Joseph) Long

There is a difference between this book and others upon the subject—it is not an ordinary chronicle of unconnected notations but a romantic story of extraordinary interest and value for the spiritual and scientific truths which set forth the most advanced knowledge of the deeper things of the Soul so simply that any reader of ordinary intelligence can grasp, comprehend and apply those laws whose values extend the usefulness of every Truth seeker who is seeking light upon the MYSTERIES OF LIFE, both Here and Here-after.
— from Sex--The Unknown Quantity: The Spiritual Function of Sex by Alexander J. (Alexander James) McIvor-Tyndall

Utrecht is one of the most ancient cities of the Netherlands, having been founded under Nero by a Roman Senator named Antony, hence it is frequently referred to by historians as Antonia Civitas.
— from The Cathedrals and Churches of the Rhine by M. F. (Milburg Francisco) Mansfield

Beyond the frontier indicated no similar stone has ever been found; for the remarkable inscription of the regina ( C. I. L. iii. 83), found at Messaurât, to the south of Shendy (16° 25′ lat., 5 leagues to the south of the ruins of Naga), the most southern of all known Latin inscriptions, now in the Berlin Museum, has been set up, not by a Roman subject, but presumably by an envoy of an African queen, who was returning from Rome, and who spoke Latin perhaps only in order to show that he had been in Rome.
— from The Provinces of the Roman Empire, from Caesar to Diocletian. v. 2 by Theodor Mommsen