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No nation, however, is compromised by any act of her citizens acting as separate and uncountenanced individuals.

From The Uncollected Writings of Thomas de Quincey, Vol. 2 With a Preface and Annotations by James Hogg by Hogg, James

It was on Isabel's invitation she had come, and she imparted all due dignity to the girl's uncountenanced state.

From The Portrait of a Lady — Volume 2 by James, Henry

The existence of such matter is, as we have shown, altogether uncountenanced either by consciousness or belief.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, No. 382, October 1847 by Various

In this the uncountenanced fortunes of the expedition were again seen.

From Ringan Gilhaize or The Covenanters by Galt, John

That they rarely purchase friends, thou didst soon discover, when thou wert left to stand thy trial uncountenanced and alone.

From The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 03 The Rambler, Volume II by Johnson, Samuel