She was alone in a strange, unedifying town; in a strange, vast, commonplace hotel.
"The Rough Road"
William John Locke
On the morrow he heard, to his relief, that Oliver had returned to London with the unedifying Chipmunk.
"The Rough Road"
William John Locke
I remember very little else of that evening than the coup d'oeil I have mentioned; besides, were my memory more retentive, I might scruple to trespass farther on my reader's patience, by the detail of those pleasures, which, like love-letters, however agreeable to the parties immediately concerned, are very unedifying to all others.
"The Confessions of Harry Lorrequer, Complete"
Charles James Lever (1806-1872)