undebased

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Oh! thine be the gladness and mine be the guilt, Forgive me adored one—forsake if thou wilt, But the heart which I bear shall expire undebased, And man shall not break it—whatever thou mayest.

From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 13, No. 373, Supplementary Number by Various

A Moment's Halt—Pray see this charming, chaste Ladies' Home Journal—"On the New Shirt Waist"— "Advice to Girls," and so forth—here is reach'd The Nothing women yearn for, undebased!

From The Rubaiyat of Omar Cayenne by Burgess, Gelett

For we are all undebased by slavery; and there is no land behind us, nor does even the sea afford a refuge, whilst the Roman fleet hovers around.

From The Germany and the Agricola of Tacitus by Tacitus, Cornelius

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

But thy free bounty, undebased by pride,   Prompt to anticipate the meek request, Unask'd the wants of modest Worth supplied,   And spared the pang that shook the suppliant's breast.

From Poems (1828) by Gent, Thomas