untaught

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No flunkster ever yet was barred From gaining all he might of good About a brand of special knowledge Untaught within the larger college.

From Time Magazine Archive

Poor mariner on summer seas, Untaught to fear the treacherous breeze!

From Horace and His Influence by Showerman, Grant

Untaught by disappointment, I kept watching for Cornelius O'Reilly.

From Daisy Burns (Volume 1) by Kavanagh, Julia

Untaught a deadly foe to fear They fly not when a man is near, And fat as balls of butter they Will, when you list, your hunger stay.

From The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse by Griffith, Ralph T. H. (Ralph Thomas Hotchkin)

Bear witness on thy oath how well I know, Untaught, the sinful record of this house.

From Specimens of Greek Tragedy — Aeschylus and Sophocles by Smith, Goldwin