All 5 Uses of
prudent
in
The Scarlet Pimpernel
- Burke had exhausted all his eloquence in trying to induce the British Government to fight the revolutionary government of France, but Mr. Pitt, with characteristic prudence, did not feel that this country was fit yet to embark on another arduous and costly war.†
Chpt 3
- But you WILL be prudent?" she added earnestly.†
Chpt 7
- Armand knew that: her impulses and imprudence, knew it still better; but Blakeney was slow-witted, he would not listen to "circumstances," he only clung to facts, and these had shown him Lady Blakeney denouncing a fellow man to a tribunal that knew no pardon: and the contempt he would feel for the deed she had done, however unwittingly, would kill that same love in him, in which sympathy and intellectuality could never had a part.†
Chpt 7
- Two days ago the DAY DREAM had returned from Calais, bringing her news that her idolised brother had safely landed, that he thought of her, and would be prudent for her sake.†
Chpt 10
- But if he were warned, he might form new plans, be more wary, more prudent.†
Chpt 19 *
Definition:
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(prudent) sensible and careful