undebased

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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

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

In the visage of man, uncorrupted and undebased, we read the frankness and ingenuousness of his soul, the clearness of his reflections, the penetration of his spirit.

From Thoughts on Man, His Nature, Productions and Discoveries Interspersed with Some Particulars Respecting the Author by Godwin, William

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