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Meanwhile, the Camisards, unapprehensive of danger, lay wrapped in slumber, filling the tower, the barns, the stables, and outhouses.

From The Huguenots in France by Smiles, Samuel

I have often sat between two women, but never with such calm, unreserved, unapprehensive comfortableness as I experienced between Mrs Colclough and Mrs Brindley.

From The Grim Smile of the Five Towns by Bennett, Arnold

On the tenth of October, as the party were advancing along a narrow defile, unapprehensive of danger, they were suddenly terrified by fearful yells.

From The First White Man of the West Life and Exploits of Col. Dan'l. Boone, the First Settler of Kentucky; Interspersed with Incidents in the Early Annals of the Country. by Flint, Timothy

At this moment I cast my eyes upon him, and he answers me with the most artless and unapprehensive smile in the world.

From Italian Letters, Vols. I and II The History of the Count de St. Julian by Godwin, William

A number of families resided in the fort, unapprehensive of danger.

From David Crockett His Life and Adventures by Abbott, John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot)