And here let me set down how that the Three Days of Preparation, which were Proper to those that willed to go forth into the Night Land, had for their chief aim the cleansing of the spirit; so that the Powers of Evil did have a less Ableness to harm.
"The Night Land"
William Hope Hodgson
Scotland, Spain, and France, the artist in him painted pictures for Warburton-painted with old Ableness and abandon, and, Warburton thought, with a new subtlety.
"Foes"
Mary Johnston