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And for so many of us, the essentially undebauched are the other...
a pain in the neck Holly 2005
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I was ravished at this piece of good news and, having accommodated myself in a moment, hugged my benefactor for his generous offer, saying, I was overjoyed to find him undebauched by prosperity, which seldom fails to corrupt the heart.
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Whether to this application, or to their undebauched habit, it be attributable, I know not, but it is certain that a disabled limb among them is rarely seen, although violent inflammations from bruises, which in us would bring on a gangrene, daily happen.
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But it may be said, the American Indian, in his undebauched state, lives to an advanced period.
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There is something so audacious in the conception of ice-cream, that it is not strange that a population undebauched by the luxury of great cities looks upon it with a kind of awe and speaks of it with a certain emotion.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 30, April, 1860 Various
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How could an honest German whose mind was undebauched by a controlled press justify such an interference as that?
New York Times, Current History, Vol 1, Issue 1 From the Beginning to March, 1915 With Index Various
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But some explanation must be given for my temerity in venturing to invade the intensively cultivated domains of Aphrodite "with a mind undebauched by classical learning".
The Evolution of the Dragon G. Elliot Smith
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Descent is traced strictly through the male line, and the tradition handed from father to son through memories undebauched by print.
High Albania Mary Edith 1909
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But, the face of the young Alexander beside her was of nobler moral quality than that other -- undebauched by feasts and licentious pleasures as yet, masculine yet temperate, the sanctuary of generous ambitions -- merciless it might be, she fancied, but never base, never weak.
The History of Sir Richard Calmady A Romance Lucas Malet 1891
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There is something so audacious in the conception of ice-cream, that it is not strange that a population undebauched by the luxury of great cities looks upon it with a kind of awe and speaks of it with a certain emotion.
Complete Project Gutenberg Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. Works Oliver Wendell Holmes 1851
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