undissembling

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All the feelings of a simple and undissembling mind have been roused by turns, to excite me to a deed, from which rectitude starts back with horror, which integrity blushes to look on!

From Italian Letters, Vols. I and II The History of the Count de St. Julian by Godwin, William

There was no apparent reason why he should not hasten back to the eager arms in the rue de l'Université if he chose to--unless, indeed, his undissembling attitude toward Mlle.

From Jason by Forman, Justus Miles

She lov'd: but such her guileless passion was, As in the dawn of time, inform'd the heart Of innocence and undissembling truth.

From Mystery and Confidence (Vol. 1 of 3) A Tale by Pinchard, Elizabeth

Stenon had welcomed him, benign and free, With warm and undissembling amity, Enroll'd him in the list of friends select He singled out his measures to direct— And e'en his life was in Ernestus' power.

From Gustavus Vasa and other poems by Walker, William Sidney

They lov'd: but such their guileless passion was, As in the dawn of time inform'd the heart Of innocence, and undissembling truth.

From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol III, No 13, 1851 by Various