base-minded
Example Sentences
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This desirable end can only be attained by making it respectable, and sheltering its professors from the insult and oppression of the ignorant, the base-minded, and the illiberal.
From The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor Volume I, Number 1 by S. C. (Stephen Cullen) Carpenter
Benefits conferred on base-minded people are like drops of water thrown into the sea.
From Wit and Wisdom of Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
She was not base-minded; nothing could have induced her to marry a man, however rich, whom she thought wicked.
From Cashel Byron's Profession by Bernard Shaw
"Wrong about what?" said Moulder, turning very sharply upon his base-minded compatriot.
From Orley Farm by Anthony Trollope
Liberal and brave men live best, they seldom cherish sorrow; but a base-minded man dreads everything; the niggardly is uneasy even at gifts.
From The Elder Eddas of Saemund Sigfusson; and the Younger Eddas of Snorre Sturleson by Saemund Sigfusson
