undebased
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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 Edward Young
Forgive me, adored one!—forsake, if thou wilt;— But the heart which is thine shall expire undebased, And man shall not break it—whatever thou mayst.
From Life of Lord Byron, Vol. 3 With His Letters and Journals by Thomas Moore
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 Thomas Gent
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 Augustus J. Thebaud
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 Cornelius Tacitus
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