Great thinkers take satisfaction in Castigating the great despots, and, in some instances, even exalt them somewhat, in order to make them worthy of their rage; but what would you have the historian do with this fellow?
"Napoleon the Little"
Victor Hugo
After a short time I moaned piteously, and continued so to do, louder and louder, until some of the friars got up to inquire the reason; when they found me, apparently, Castigating myself in this cruel manner.
"The Pacha of Many Tales"
Captain Frederick Marryat
We do not wish, nor have we any right to know, those passages through which the Castigating pen has been drawn.
"The Function Of The Poet And Other Essays"
James Russell Lowell