Ethel's face, under the fun, made Sharnbrook rejoice more than ever at the chance which, properly worked, might obviate any claim on his part to that ungratifying physiognomy.
"A Poached Peerage"
William Magnay
As I was reckoned an uncommonly well-educated boy, it may not be ungratifying to the admirers of the present system of education to pause here for a moment, and recal what I then knew.
"Pelham, Complete"
Edward Bulwer-Lytton Last Updated: March 16, 2009
However ungratifying this reasoning was to the pope, he could not refute it, and as the emperor promised to deal severely with the heretics, and to exclude them from offices of trust or profit, he became greatly pacified.
"Monks, Popes, and their Political Intrigues"
John Alberger