The precipitancy, which is the character of the play, is well marked in this short scene of waiting for Juliet's arrival. From Wordnik.com. [Literary Remains, Volume 2] Reference
The precipitancy, which is the character of the play, is well marked in this short scene of waiting for Juliet’s arrival. From Wordnik.com. [Shakespeare, Ben Jonson, Beaumont and Fletcher] Reference
O! unhappy Ellena! your precipitancy has destroyed me. From Wordnik.com. [The Italian] Reference
Instantly, with the precipitancy of the timorous, she said. From Wordnik.com. [The Hand of Ethelberta] Reference
The precipitancy of it all made him slightly uncomfortable. From Wordnik.com. [Kenny] Reference
All the world now blames the precipitancy of Napoleon in leaving. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, No. 382, October 1847] Reference
But I soon began to regret my precipitancy in leaving her so soon. From Wordnik.com. [The Tenant of Wildfell Hall] Reference
This precipitancy seemed unpleasantly like haste to be rid of him. From Wordnik.com. [Doom Castle] Reference
But such is the perennial foolishness and precipitancy of the Jardines. From Wordnik.com. [At Home with the Jardines] Reference
He did not, however, rush up to her with Alick's tactless precipitancy. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 099, March, 1876] Reference
The precipitancy of this latest turn of events bewildered Judith; but yet. From Wordnik.com. [Judith of the Plains] Reference
He had been hasty, and had gone about his task with inconsiderate precipitancy. From Wordnik.com. [The Belton Estate] Reference
Therefore, as the precipitancy of Sarai was culpable, so the facility with which. From Wordnik.com. [Commentary on Genesis - Volume 1] Reference
Here Moses relates that the punishment of excessive precipitancy quickly followed. From Wordnik.com. [Commentary on Genesis - Volume 1] Reference
The inevitable fruits of precipitancy have resulted to me: my life has become a burden. From Wordnik.com. [Two on a Tower] Reference
Nor were they very solicitous respecting the dangers that might arise from over-precipitancy. From Wordnik.com. [The Rise of the Hugenots, Vol. 1 (of 2)] Reference
They retired with such precipitancy that one of them fell upon the stairway and broke her arm. From Wordnik.com. [George Washington: Farmer] Reference
Priscilla were astounded by the precipitancy of the measure, they did not attempt to oppose it. From Wordnik.com. [He Knew He Was Right] Reference
Yet she would have gone on to his house, had there not been one reason too many against such precipitancy. From Wordnik.com. [Two on a Tower] Reference
She paused, in sudden fear of completing the thought into which her birdlike precipitancy had betrayed her. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter XIV] Reference
He was annoyed with himself, he reproached himself for his unpardonable precipitancy, his boyish impulsiveness. From Wordnik.com. [Rudin] Reference
“Indeed,” said Cecilia, after some hesitation, “I cannot see the necessity of such violent precipitancy.”. From Wordnik.com. [Cecilia] Reference
The prize was certainly great; but it was only to be won by striking the happy mean between precipitancy and caution. From Wordnik.com. [Washington Square] Reference
And I can but wonder at the thoughtless precipitancy with which most young folks run into this important change of life!. From Wordnik.com. [Pamela] Reference
I fled with such precipitancy, I have come through so many streets, round so many turnings, fancying I was being followed. From Wordnik.com. [Scenes from a Courtesan's Life] Reference
The Dutch took advantage of his precipitancy and at once sailed up the Medway, burnt three men-of-war, among them being the. From Wordnik.com. [London and the Kingdom - Volume II] Reference
Some, advancing with precipitancy on their vehicles decked with gold, fought with Dhrishtadyumna amid the Pandava divisions. From Wordnik.com. [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12] Reference
His precipitancy made him miss his footing, and he rolled like a barrel to the bottom, his snuffbox rolling in front of him. From Wordnik.com. [The Woodlanders] Reference
The third thing proper to man by his constitution, is, to avoid all rashness and precipitancy; and not to be subject to error. From Wordnik.com. [Meditations] Reference
Fear it is, not of others, but of myself, and fear of the ignorance or precipitancy of my yet but very partially regulated mind. From Wordnik.com. [A Brief Memoir with Portions of the Diary, Letters, and Other Remains, of Eliza Southall, Late of Birmingham, England] Reference
But a logical and concise mode of reasoning will be employed; and all precipitancy of speech and extempore effusions will be avoided. From Wordnik.com. [The Works of James Arminius, Vol. 1] Reference
Thus saying, he took up his hat, nor could the attempts of Sophia, whose looks seemed to upbraid his precipitancy, prevent his going. From Wordnik.com. [The Vicar of Wakefield] Reference
He is said to have been wounded in the back and hands in the battle, and to have fled with great precipitancy from the field of battle. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Jacobites of 1715 and 1745 Volume III.] Reference
Mr Amedroz sat in his chair bewildered, dismayed and, as he himself declared shocked, quite shocked, at the precipitancy of the young man. From Wordnik.com. [The Belton Estate] Reference
He had some idea that too much precipitancy might do him an injury, but he hardly knew how to commence without coming to the point at once. From Wordnik.com. [The Belton Estate] Reference
Before Miriam could reply, a young man who had discovered her from afar advanced with what was evidently an unusual degree of precipitancy. From Wordnik.com. [Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 5, June 1905] Reference
The inevitable fruits of precipitancy have resulted to me: my life has become. From Wordnik.com. [Two on a Tower] Reference
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