Can't you perceive that when a man will descend to such baseness to obtain money, there is no measuring the depth he will go to when pressed to pay it?
"The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. II (of II)"
Charles James Lever
Rascals imposed upon her, and amused themselves in sending her on fruitless missions, and would even give her directions whose baseness she could not suspect.
"Landolin"
Berthold Auerbach
What do you think of this baseness, reverend sir?
"Her Mother's Secret"
Emma D. E. N. Southworth