He accepted the doctrine of Iamblichus, Ablavius, and the other Neoplatonic philosophers, which to my poor understanding seemed either superhumanly profound or else Debasingly foolish; nevertheless my memory retains many of his sayings, which I have learned to understand here in my loneliness.
"The Complete Historical Romances of Georg Ebers"
Georg Ebers
My husband, whom I knew to be a drunkard, was hideously, Debasingly false to me.
"Berenice"
E. Phillips Oppenheim