All 5 Uses of
circumspect
in
Don Quixote
- If Chrysostom's impatience and violent passion killed him, why should my modest behaviour and circumspection be blamed?†
Chpt 1.13-14 *circumspection = thoughtfulness of all circumstances and consequences
- "That is enough," said Dorothea; "run, Sancho, and kiss your lord's hand and beg his pardon, and henceforward be more circumspect with your praise and abuse; and say nothing in disparagement of that lady Toboso, of whom I know nothing save that I am her servant; and put your trust in God, for you will not fail to obtain some dignity so as to live like a prince."†
Chpt 1.29-30circumspect = thoughtful of all circumstances and consequences
- and that, if by the thorough harmony that subsisted between them while he was a bachelor they had earned such a sweet name as that of "The Two Friends," he should not allow a title so rare and so delightful to be lost through a needless anxiety to act circumspectly;†
Chpt 1.33-34circumspectly = in a manner that is thoughtful of all circumstances and consequences
- for what thanks does a woman deserve for being good if no one urges her to be bad, and what wonder is it that she is reserved and circumspect to whom no opportunity is given of going wrong and who knows she has a husband that will take her life the first time he detects her in an impropriety?†
Chpt 1.33-34circumspect = thoughtful of all circumstances and consequences
- To this the Trifaldi made answer, "Sancho, you may freely commend yourself to God or whom you will; for Malambruno though an enchanter is a Christian, and works his enchantments with great circumspection, taking very good care not to fall out with anyone."†
Chpt 2.41-42circumspection = thoughtfulness of all circumstances and consequences