The Age of Reason on Elements of Geometry: “I know, however, but of one ancient book that authoritatively challenges universal consent and belief, and that is Euclid's Elements of Geometry; [Euclid, according to chronological history, lived three hundred years before Christ, and about one hundred before Archimedes; he was of the city of Alexandria, in Egypt.”
Cosmos on Elements of Geometry: “So he found a copy of Euclid's Elements of Geometry, and began to read.”
The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle on Elements: “So inordinate was his desire of making speedy advances in the paths of learning, that within the compass of three months, he diligently perused the writings of Locke and Malebranche, and made himself master of the first six and of the eleventh and twelfth books of Euclid's Elements.”