gall-less

Now, though all this sounded very smoothly, that gall-less turtle, Lady Binks, could never think of the tenor of the proceedings without the deepest feelings of resentment and contempt for the principal actor, Sir Bingo.

Saint Ronan's Well 2008

O'er which a gall-less dove her wings does spread:

Specimens with Memoirs of the Less-known British Poets, Complete George Gilfillan 1845

O'er which a gall-less dove her wings does spread:

Specimens with Memoirs of the Less-known British Poets, Volume 2 George Gilfillan 1845

Now, though all this sounded very smoothly, that gall-less turtle, Lady Binks, could never think of the tenor of the proceedings without the deepest feelings of resentment and contempt for the principal actor, Sir Bingo.

St. Ronan's Well Walter Scott 1801

Even those with whom we cannot live intimately and familiarly, by reason of distance in degree or profession, yet we must with such live peaceably; that is, we must be harmless and inoffensive, not giving others occasion to quarrel with us; and we must be gall-less and unrevengeful, not taking occasion to quarrel with them.

Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume VI (Acts to Revelation) 1721

“By Heaven! when I consider from what prison he was brought, and in what guise he inhabited it, I cannot believe in this gall-less disposition.

Count Robert of Paris 2008

“Then, as my soul liveth,” replied Balfour, “thou art, to wear beard and back a horse and draw a sword, the tamest and most gall-less puppet that ever sustained injury unavenged.

Old Mortality 2004

Go, I say! "and the poor student, usually so mild and gall-less, stamped his foot in impotent rage.

The Last of the Barons — Complete Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838

Go, I say! "and the poor student, usually so mild and gall-less, stamped his foot in impotent rage.

The Last of the Barons — Volume 01 Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838

"By Heaven! when I consider from what prison he was brought, and in what guise he inhabited it, I cannot believe in this gall-less disposition.

Waverley Novels — Volume 12 Walter Scott 1801