That he had picked up a talent for that dazzling style, so sweet to the ear, so damnably persuasive, so crystal-clear!

The fool who complains that his life is empty is blind and deaf and—damnably thick—er—pardon me, I—er nearly got excited.

You should make a good surgeon,” Peyton said at last, “you tie so damnably tight a bandage.

All the deities in heaven would take the part of the cuckold-making god, for they are all given to the flesh most damnably.