undebased

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Therefore, with unencumbered soul I go Before the footstool of my Maker, where I hope to stand as undebased as now!

From Lays of the Scottish Cavaliers and Other Poems by Aytoun, W. E. (William Edmondstoune)

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

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

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

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