But I speak sinfully in joining you and them together!
"The Vicar of Wrexhill"
Mrs [Frances] Trollope
Yet was she in no wise the least, neither in demeanor nor in attire; and when I beheld her in the ante-chamber, all lighted up with wax tapers, in her sky-blue gown, thanking the master of the house and his sister-who kept house for him-for their condescension, as she upraised her great eyes with loving respect, I could have clasped her in my arms in the face of all the world, and I marvelled how my brother Herdegen could have sinfully cast such a jewel from him.
"The Complete Historical Romances of Georg Ebers"
Georg Ebers
I call him sinfully ostentatious.
"The Short Works of George Meredith"
George Meredith Last Updated: March 7, 2009