undebased

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The lama is the only animal associated with man, and undebased by the contact.

From Stories about Animals: with Pictures to Match by Woodworth, Francis C. (Francis Channing)

We have due respect for the Jackson editors in the West, but we trust to be believed when we say our respect is undebased by fear.

From The History of Louisville, from the Earliest Settlement till the Year 1852 by Casseday, Ben

A tale which does not interest fails essentially, and novelty, in the undebased sense of the word, is the root of interest.

From The Technique of Fiction Writing by Dowst, Robert Saunders

He conversed on religious subjects with the cheerfulness of virtue; his piety was undebased by gloom or enthusiasm; he was regular in the performance of all its duties, both in public and in private.

From Young's Night Thoughts With Life, Critical Dissertation and Explanatory Notes by Young, Edward

It was preparing the nation for a future life of great purposes, by purifying it in the crucible of affliction, and preserving the people pure and undebased.

From Irish Race in the Past and the Present by Thebaud, Augustus J.