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And the good parents who, throughout the later 18th century and the 19th, inflicted this stuff upon children, were sinning against the light.

From On The Art of Reading by Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir

And wicked men were sinning  In the midnight banquet halls, Forgetful of that sentence traced  On proud Belshazzar's walls.

From Poems: Patriotic, Religious by Ryan, Abram Joseph

They seemed to know that they were sinning, or at least in danger, and Jill sneaked, sulky and snuffy, into a dark corner, where she glared defiantly at the hunter.

From Monarch, the Big Bear of Tallac by Seton, Ernest Thompson

And, second, even supposing I were sinning, it is your fault then, too; for it is clearly your duty to warn me.

From In Those Days The Story of an Old Man by Steinberg, Jehudah