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So, whatever else we do by our acts, we are making our own characters, either steadily depraving or steadily improving them.

From Expositions of Holy Scripture Isaiah and Jeremiah by Maclaren, Alexander

Item, that she rails on men in authority, depraving their honours with bitter jests and taunts; and that she's a backbiter, setting strife betwixt bosom friends.

From A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 9 by Various

These ordures are rapidly depraving the public taste, and lessening its relish for sound food.

From Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 4 by Randolph, Thomas Jefferson

His own example has had a depraving influence.

From Life and Work in Benares and Kumaon, 1839-1877 by Kennedy, James

That by a perpetual miracle, Sacred Manuscripts would be protected all down the ages against depraving influences of whatever sort,—was not to have been expected; certainly, was never promised.

From The Revision Revised by Burgon, John William