All 8 Uses of
prudent
in
Mansfield Park
- Having married on a narrower income than she had been used to look forward to, she had, from the first, fancied a very strict line of economy necessary; and what was begun as a matter of prudence, soon grew into a matter of choice, as an object of that needful solicitude which there were no children to supply.†
Chpt 1
- "Well," said Miss Crawford, "and do you not scold us for our imprudence?†
Chpt 22
- It was more pleasant than prudent.†
Chpt 23 *
- No cold prudence for me.†
Chpt 25
- And, Fanny, though I hope I do justice to my sisters' good qualities, I think it very possible that they might, one or both, be more desirous of being admired by Crawford, and might shew that desire rather more unguardedly than was perfectly prudent.†
Chpt 35
- It was the imprudence which had brought things to extremity, and obliged her brother to give up every dearer plan in order to fly with her.†
Chpt 47
- All that followed was the result of her imprudence; and he went off with her at last, because he could not help it, regretting Fanny even at the moment, but regretting her infinitely more when all the bustle of the intrigue was over, and a very few months had taught him, by the force of contrast, to place a yet higher value on the sweetness of her temper, the purity of her mind, and the excellence of her principles.†
Chpt 48
- Having once set out, and felt that he had done so on this road to happiness, there was nothing on the side of prudence to stop him or make his progress slow; no doubts of her deserving, no fears of opposition of taste, no need of drawing new hopes of happiness from dissimilarity of temper.†
Chpt 48
Definition:
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(prudent) sensible and careful