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 Young, Edward

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

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

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

From Holbein by Fortescue, Beatrice

We have due respect for the Jackson editors in the West, but we trust to be believed when we say our respect is undebased by fear.

From The History of Louisville, from the Earliest Settlement till the Year 1852 by Casseday, Ben