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1 His imprudence had made her miserable for a while; but it seemed to have deprived himself of all chance of ever being otherwise.
Sense and SensibilityBy Jane Austen ContextHighlight In CHAPTER 23
2 I am not conscious of having provoked the disappointment by any imprudence of my own, I have borne it as much as possible without spreading it farther.
Sense and SensibilityBy Jane Austen ContextHighlight In CHAPTER 37
3 Elinor scolded him, harshly as ladies always scold the imprudence which compliments themselves, for having spent so much time with them at Norland, when he must have felt his own inconstancy.
Sense and SensibilityBy Jane Austen ContextHighlight In CHAPTER 49
4 I considered the past: I saw in my own behaviour, since the beginning of our acquaintance with him last autumn, nothing but a series of imprudence towards myself, and want of kindness to others.
Sense and SensibilityBy Jane Austen ContextHighlight In CHAPTER 46
5 As Elinor and Marianne were walking together the next morning the latter communicated a piece of news to her sister, which in spite of all that she knew before of Marianne's imprudence and want of thought, surprised her by its extravagant testimony of both.
Sense and SensibilityBy Jane Austen ContextHighlight In CHAPTER 12
6 Elinor was to be the comforter of others in her own distresses, no less than in theirs; and all the comfort that could be given by assurances of her own composure of mind, and a very earnest vindication of Edward from every charge but of imprudence, was readily offered.
Sense and SensibilityBy Jane Austen ContextHighlight In CHAPTER 37
7 Elinor, this eldest daughter, whose advice was so effectual, possessed a strength of understanding, and coolness of judgment, which qualified her, though only nineteen, to be the counsellor of her mother, and enabled her frequently to counteract, to the advantage of them all, that eagerness of mind in Mrs. Dashwood which must generally have led to imprudence.
Sense and SensibilityBy Jane Austen ContextHighlight In CHAPTER 1