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Mr. Molyneux," said Lady Mary, "in spite of your discourtesy in allowing a servant to address me, I offer you a last chance to leave this room undisgraced.

From Monsieur Beaucaire by Tarkington, Booth

I am proud to say that, although not a seasoned vessel, I passed the ordeal undisgraced even by a headache—my late host had confidently predicted it—otherwise I should not tell this tale.

From Thirty Years in Australia by Cambridge, Ada

Oh! do something, so that at the least Maxime may be at large and live undisgraced in the world, where he will assuredly make a career for himself.

From Father Goriot by Marriage, Ellen

I have by this bargain purchased peace and a stable fortune, restoration to my original rank in life, and a situation undisturbed by commercial jargon, unpolluted by commercial frauds, undisgraced by commercial connections.

From Autobiography, Letters and Literary Remains of Mrs. Piozzi (Thrale) (2nd ed.) (2 vols.) Edited with notes and Introductory Account of her life and writings by Piozzi, Hester Lynch

So roll things to the level which you love, That you could stand at ease there and survey The universal Nothing undisgraced By pert obtrusion of some old church-spire I' the distance!

From Browning as a Philosophical and Religious Teacher by Jones, Henry, Sir