In a few weeks Quaska would be a typical mining camp, where licentiousness would run riot, unless in some way it could be checked.
"If Any Man Sin"
H. A. Cody
In their private lives their lawless and arrogant freedom and lack of self-restraint produced much gross licentiousness and barbarous cruelty; and every little frontier community could tell its story of animal savagery as regards the home relations of certain of its members.
"Thomas Hart Benton"
Theodore Roosevelt
The excesses consequent upon such a practice may easily be imagined: the duration of the feast was gradually extended to ten days; and, during this time, licentiousness of all kinds prevailed under the plea of religion.
"Account of a Tour in Normandy, Vol. II. (of 2)"
Dawson Turner