Debauched

Amongst the great variety there is of ingenious manual arts, ’twill be impossible that no one should be found to please and delight him, unless he be either idle or debauched, which is not to be supposed in a right way of education. ❋ Unknown (1909)

A prayer as full of cruelty against a most peaceful and valuable part of the community, as it was hypocritical in calling a debauched and profligate man [Charles the Second] 'our religious king. ' ❋ John Bunyan (1658)

BROWN: I mean, for years, we've only heard about Jackson as this kind of debauched, wacky pedophile, you know, but what made Michael Jackson great was the music. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Why not take more elevated and broader views, walk in the great garden, not skulk in a little "debauched" nook of it? consider the beauty of the forest, and not merely of a few impounded herbs? ❋ Henry David Thoreau (1839)

David Sowerby, 55, from Workington, was today facing a long spell behind bars after a judge said the pervert "debauched" his victims. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Rep. Sally Kern says 'debauched' gay marriage caused bad economy (video) ❋ Unknown (2009)

"debauched" as anything you'd ever see in the West; people just hide that sort of thing better, they don't flaunt it, it's all very surreptitious, but it happens. ❋ Unknown (2009)

A Philadelphia couple was convicted in 1797 of leading a “debauched mode of living that tends to corrupt the morals of the Citizens.” ❋ Thaddeus Russell (2010)

Moskowitz and other reformers led a campaign to regulate the styles of dancing in dance halls, and by the 1920s, more than sixty city governments passed ordinances banning “lascivious,” “debauched,” and “sensual” movements on public dance floors. ❋ Thaddeus Russell (2010)

According to the progressive economist Frank Streightoff, low wages, irregular employment, and “the physical and nervous strain of his work” debauched the working man and caused him to spend his money wildly: ❋ Thaddeus Russell (2010)

But it is true that in almost every tavern keeper, the Proprietors of the colony have a warm advocate, and the more effeminate and debauched the people are, the more they are fitted for an absolute and tyrannical government. ❋ Thaddeus Russell (2010)

More posts followed, like candids from debauched living-room birthday parties. ❋ Daniel Hernandez (2011)

From Kim Jong-Il to Blockbuster, Vows to Be Better in 2011 Associated Press Kim Jong Il I RESOLVE TO TAKE KEENER AIM at small rocky islands that attack us from behind the skirts of the debauched Western hag and not to leave so many huts and lean-tos unobliterated. ❋ Peter Jeffrey (2011)

We would consider her “debauched” if she was led into a life of prostitution. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Here debauched a deep gorge, with precipitous, volcanic walls which no man could scale. ❋ Unknown (2010)