undebased

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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 Thebaud, Augustus J.

And it smiles with Holbein's own undebased handiwork throughout.

From Holbein by Fortescue, Beatrice

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

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 Moore, Thomas

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)