nobleminded

He hoped, in the company of his surviving nobleminded parent, to reverence the heroic form of the departed; but his mother too he loses, and it is something worse than death that robs him of her.

Chapter XIII. Book IV 1917

The mission is supported by a philanthropic society, which numbers nobleminded men of several nations.

The Negro 1915

This outburst is obviously intended for effect, but Forsyth does not score a success in bringing the amiable Empress to his aid; for, whatever virtue she may have possessed, authentic history reveals her as the antithesis of "nobleminded."

The Tragedy of St. Helena Walter Runciman 1892

In short, Josephine was anything but "nobleminded."

The Tragedy of St. Helena Walter Runciman 1892

She may be excused, but her mother did not act the part of a nobleminded woman, and her memory must bear the reproach of it.

The Tragedy of St. Helena Walter Runciman 1892

The writer, after stating that Clare had 'for many years existed in a state of poverty, as utter and hopeless as that in which he passed his youth;' that he had 'a wife and a very large family; 'and that' at times his mind is giving way under the sickness of hope deferred, 'finished with an eloquent address to some nobleminded patron of poetry to come forward and help Clare.

The Life of John Clare Martin, Frederick, 1830-1883 1865

The writer, after stating that Clare had 'for many years existed in a state of poverty, as utter and hopeless as that in which he passed his youth;' that he had 'a wife and a very large family; 'and that' at times his mind is giving way under the sickness of hope deferred, 'finished with an eloquent address to some nobleminded patron of poetry to come forward and help Clare.

The Life of John Clare Frederick Martin 1856

Daughter_ -- the pure, guileless, and nobleminded Sabrey Haviland.

The Rangers; or, The Tory's Daughter A tale illustrative of the revolutionary history of Vermont D. P. Thompson 1831

Committee of Murder was more disgraceful still, [547] It is pleasing to know that a person who had been far more cruelly wronged than he, but whose nature differed widely from his, the nobleminded Lady Russell, remonstrated against the injustice with which the extreme Whigs treated

The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 3 Thomas Babington Macaulay Macaulay 1829

Indeed, the Protestants far outdid the Catholics in cruelty, until, among the latter, the nobleminded J.suit, J. Spee, and among the former, but not until seventy years later, the excellent Thomasius, by degrees put a stop to these horrors.

Sidonia, the Sorceress : the Supposed Destroyer of the Whole Reigning Ducal House of Pomerania — Volume 2 Wilhelm Meinhold 1824