"There's nothing so useless, so Depraving, as that.
"April Hopes"
William Dean Howells Last Updated: February 27, 2009
Many of the finest plays of Ford and Massinger and Webster turn on sin and crime, the study of which it might reasonably be contended must always have the effect of disturbing the moral sense, if not of actually Depraving the mind.
"A History of the Four Georges, Volume II (of 4)"
Justin McCarthy
Ward was convicted of Depraving the liturgy, tending toward schism, frightening the people, and encouraging the overthrow of all manner of government.
"Our Legal Heritage, 4th Ed."
S. A. Reilly