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It is he who has left us the first picture of Niagara Falls unprofaned by tourists; of the buffalo, now extinct except for a few scrawny specimens in parks, and of St. Anthony Falls.

From The French in the Heart of America by Finley, John

Frivolity, base appetite, contempt, are exorcised, and Man and Woman appear again, in unprofaned connection, as brother and sister, children and servants of one Divine Love, and pilgrims to a common aim.

From Woman in the Ninteenth Century and Kindred Papers Relating to the Sphere, Condition and Duties, of Woman. by Fuller, Margaret

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)

But I offer you a feeling that hitherto has slumbered in my soul, pure and unprofaned; I offer you the truest, most devoted friendship.

From A Twofold Life by Hillern, Wilhelmine von

What will be left of good or worshipful, Of spiritual secrets, mysteries, Of fair religion's guarded heritage, Heirlooms of soul, passed downward unprofaned From eldest Ind?

From The Complete Poetical Works of James Russell Lowell by Lowell, James Russell