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To the very end, however clouded, this generous disposition, this 'free and open nature,' this unsuspiciousness survive.

From Shakespearean Tragedy Lectures on Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, Macbeth by Bradley, A. C. (Andrew Cecil)

Mr. Beaumont hesitated, and his mother instantly went on with a fluent panegyric upon the hereditary unsuspiciousness of his temper.

From Tales and Novels — Volume 05 by Edgeworth, Maria

There is one kind of frankness, which is the result of perfect unsuspiciousness, and which requires a measure of ignorance of the world and of life: this kind appeals to our generosity and tenderness.

From The May Flower, and Miscellaneous Writings by Stowe, Harriet Beecher

In her apparent ignorance and unsuspiciousness of the whole thing, she seemed so gay, so happy, so sweet and loving, how could I give her a pain?

From Saxe Holm's Stories by Jackson, Helen Hunt

Also, Aegisthus would have had the right to ask his name.—The unsuspiciousness of Aegisthus is partly natural; it was not thus, alone and unarmed, that he expected Orestes to stand before him.

From The Electra of Euripides Translated into English rhyming verse by Murray, Gilbert