1) In diction, dialect and style it is obviously dependent upon Homer, and is therefore considerably later than the "Iliad" and "Odyssey": moreover, as we have seen, it is in revolt against the romantic school, already grown
decadent, and while the digamma is still living, it is obviously growing weak, and is by no means uniformly effective.
For a writer of his peculiar philosophic tenets, at all events, the world itself, in truth, must seem irretrievably old or even
decadent.
Straight to La he came and in the language of the great apes which was also the language of
decadent Opar he addressed her.
He recognised that though Buddhism is undoubtedly a religion for
decadents, its
decadent values emanate from the higher and not, as in Christianity, from the lower grades of society.
But as Soapy set foot inside the restaurant door the head waiter's eye fell upon his frayed trousers and
decadent shoes.
They think that we are bourgeois because we have virtue, and prehistoric because we are not
decadent."
And beneath that roof was an aerial ooze of vegetation, a monstrous, parasitic dripping of
decadent life- forms that rooted in death and lived on death.
In Chapter IV we left the drama at that point, toward the middle of the sixteenth century, when the Mystery Plays had largely declined and Moralities and Interlude-Farces, themselves
decadent, were sharing in rather confused rivalry that degree of popular interest which remained unabsorbed by the religious, political, and social ferment.
`I must confess that my satisfaction with my first theories of an automatic civilization and a
decadent humanity did not long endure.
There are nations not blinded to Science, not given over hand and foot to effete snobocracies and Degenerate
Decadents. In short, mark my words--THERE ARE OTHER NATIONS!"
I've featured Patricia Gotohio's Mother's Day Cupcakes that taste as phenomenal as they look-moist chocolate cupcakes with
decadent chocolate frosting and light, hand-piped vanilla buttercream flowers.
The Mango Cheesecake Sundae is two mouth-watering desserts in one
decadent cup.