unprofaned

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Her r�sum� of him ends with these words: "Mr. Dana has the charms and the defects of one whose object in life has been to preserve his individuality unprofaned."

From Margaret Fuller (Marchesa Ossoli) by Howe, Julia Ward

The green lawns and towering camphor trees of Tjibodas suggest the spellbound beauty of some enchanted spot, unprofaned by human foot.

From Through the Malay Archipelago by Richings, Emily

From the gloom and chill below I had come up into the pure air and sunset light, and the glory of the unprofaned works of God.

From A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains by Bird, Isabella L. (Isabella Lucy)

The workmen who were putting the place in repair were lunching near the casino, in a litter of lumber and other structural material, but the casino itself seemed as yet unprofaned by their touch.

From Roman Holidays, and Others by Howells, William Dean

Why should he betake himself to a subterranean crypt, as if it were the only holy ground in all the world which he had left unprofaned?

From A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers by Thoreau, Henry David