Sometimes the idea may have vaguely come to him, like the scent of a perfume, or the smell of a spring wind, that one day he might write something great; but, on the whole, his estimate of his own mental powers was a humble one-not that he was modest in literary matters, he says, on the contrary satanically proud, but like an honest carpenter who knows his trade, he could recognise bad workmanship, and tell his customer: That isn't going to cost you much, because the work is bad.
"Lafcadio Hearn"
Nina H. Kennard
There was something satanically splendid and savage about him.
"The Valiants of Virginia"
Hallie Erminie Rives
What they admire is a certain grace and spirit, and the hero is not one who constrains himself to do an unpopular thing from a sense of duty, not even the boy who, being unpopular like P-, does a satanically brave thing.
"Where No Fear Was A Book About Fear"
Arthur Christopher Benson