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What avian menace had depraved Fortuna spun his way?

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole

The first believed that laws and institutions had depraved man, the second that they had improved him.

From Studies in Literature by Morley, John

It could destroy the aristocracy and the constitution which they had depraved, and under other forms present for a few more centuries the Roman dominion.

From Caesar: a Sketch by Froude, James Anthony

The dog wagged his tail approvingly as Jos reached down from the shelf a bottle of pink lollipops, for, though a wild country dog, he had depraved tastes in the matter of sweets.

From Garthowen A Story of a Welsh Homestead by Raine, Allen

It could destroy the aristocracy and the constitution which they had depraved, and under other forms preserve for a few more centuries the Roman dominion.

From Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 5 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History by Horne, Charles F. (Charles Francis)