I sat down before him and for three consecutive hours I narrated scandalous histories unnumerable, which, however, I told simply and not spicily, since I felt ascetically disposed and obliged myself to speak with a contrition I did not feel, for when I recounted my follies I was very far from finding the remembrance of them disagreeable.
"The Memoires of Casanova, Complete The Rare Unabridged London Edition Of 1894, plus An Unpublished Chapter of History, By Arthur Symons"
Jacques Casanova de Seingalt
With these occupations Napier combined a large medical practice in the Midlands, the proceeds of which he gave to the poor, living ascetically himself.
"The Closet of Sir Kenelm Digby Knight Opened"
Kenelm Digby
He caught sight for a moment of the tall form of Fenton, standing at their rear-the long face ascetically white, and sternly fixed.
"The Case of Richard Meynell"
Mrs. Humphrey Ward