decadence
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II Investigation shows one striking feature as having been common to most of these great decadences.
From Feminism and Sex-Extinction by Kenealy, Arabella
The new air does but make old decadences seem more stale; the young soil does but set into fresh conditions the ready-made, the uncostly, the refuse feeling of a race decivilizing.
From Essays by Meynell, Alice Christiana Thompson
The new air does but make old decadences seem more stale; the young soil does but set into fresh conditions the ready-made, the uncostly, the refuse feeling of a race decivilising.
From The Rhythm of Life by Meynell, Alice Christiana Thompson
That spirit, so young, so full of life, would I fear have resigned itself with difficulty to the inevitable decadences of age.
From Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 5 by Mabie, Hamilton Wright
In Egypt, Greece, and Rome, it could not but share the greatnesses and decadences of the Priesthood and of Royalty.
From Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry by Pike, Albert
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