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)

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 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

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

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