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  • Ingenuous and truthful, she followed her angelic nature without mistrusting her impressions or her feelings.

    Eug�nie Grandet 2007

  • Ingenuous reflections on his own vicious disposition.

    Clarissa Harlowe 2006

  • Ingenuous, you must know, Mrs. Betty, and ingenious, are two things; and I would not arrogate the latter to myself.

    Clarissa Harlowe 2006

  • They didn't mention Michael Moore's name, as some people might think his name is Dig Ingenuous.

    CNN Transcript Aug 31, 2004 2004

  • Ingenuous and courageous men have this property, that the more is confided to them, the less they can bear to deceive: but it is a rare virtue for those who have the power of doing injury to cultivate honesty gratuitously.

    Commentary on Genesis - Volume 2 1509-1564 1996

  • Ingenuous admiration, simple and sustained, was in the look she gave him.

    The Palace of Darkened Windows Mary Hastings Bradley

  • _ The Bawd, (who met with such large Fees but seldom) was so well pleas'd with her Ingenuous and generous Temper, that she both thank'd her heartily for what she had presented her and told her that if hereafter she cou'd by any means oblige her, she wou'd be sure to do it: For I assure you, added she, that Trading now is very Dead, and I have got but little Custom.

    The London-Bawd: With Her Character and Life Discovering the Various and Subtle Intrigues of Lewd Women Anonymous

  • Ingenuous enthusiasm, perfect simplicity, and unfailing good humor ever marked her manner, and were a captivating adjunct to her great facial charm.

    Some Old Time Beauties After Portraits by the English Masters, with Embellishment and Comment Thomson Willing

  • Lastly, all that is contained therein is in submission unto maturer discernments; and, as I have declared, shall no further father them than the best and learned judgments shall authorize them: under favour of which considerations I have made its secrecy publick, and committed the truth thereof to every Ingenuous Reader.

    Religio Medici 1605-1682 1923

  • Lastly, all that is contained therein is in submission unto maturer discernments; and, as I have declared, shall no further father them than the best and learned judgments shall authorize them: under favour of which considerations I have made its secrecy publick, and committed the truth thereof to every Ingenuous Reader.

    To the Reader 1909

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