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After such desultory interrogatives, without any warning, came Question 15: ‘Give the character of Prince Potemki’:— Sordidly mean, ostentatiously prodigal, filthily intemperate and affectedly refined. 

From Masques & Phases by Ross, Robert

Nor by alternate shreds of light; Sordidly shifting hands with shades and night.

From In The Yule-Log Glow, Book IV by Morris, Harrison S. (Harrison Smith)

Nor by alternate shredds of light, Sordidly shifting hands with shades and Night.35 Chorus.

From The Complete Works of Richard Crashaw, Volume I (of 2) by Crashaw, Richard