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1565 L. Evans Brieue Admon. sig. Aiii^v To move and bring anye honest harted man, to abhorre and myslyke all your licencious, lewde, and ouerstreached learning.

1583 G. Peckham True Rep. Newfound Landes v. sig. E.iv^v Worshipful, honest minded, & wel disposed Marchants.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Timon of Athens (1623) v. i. 84 My honest Natur'd friends. View more context for this quotation

a1629 E. Sandys Europæ Specvlvm (1632) 206 An honest-hearted [earlier honest heart] desire, but no probable dessein.

1707 S. Centlivre Platonick Lady v. 63 Oh unparrallel'd Confidence, how cam'st thou by that honest looking form, hast thou not a Cloven Foot?

a1796 R. Burns Poems & Songs (1968) I. 28 A chearful honest-hearted clown.

1830 Imperial Mag. Nov. 1071/1 Emulsion of almonds, by means of which..water may be changed into fair and honest-seeming milk.

1856 Peterson's Mag. Mar. 229/2 Rose, with her honest-eyed farmer, settled down in the dear old homestead.

1895 J. Smith Perm. Message Exod. xix. 304 Jethro brings in his honest-heartedness.

1912 Outlook 19 Oct. 367/1 The heroine..is..a warm-hearted, honest-minded, and thoroughly independent woman.

1928 Rotarian Jan. 7/1 Honest-acting good fellowship.

1962 L. Swortzell Tom Taylor's Our Amer. Cousin ii. 73 Rough-spun, honest-hearted Asa Trenchard.

1985 B. Small This Heart of Mine iii. 94 They had no intention of replacing an honest-born English queen with a Spanish infanta.

2010 D. West Project Sponsorship ii. vi. 66 You decide that I'm an honest-looking chap, not half as seedy as you first thought.