1 I did not act, however, with undue precipitation.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan DoyleContext Highlight In PART II: CHAPTER VI. A CONTINUATION OF THE REMINISCENCES OF JOHN W... 2 'Master of the workhouse,' rejoined Mr. Bumble, slowly and impressively, to check any undue familiarity the stranger might otherwise assume.
3 His manner was brisk, and yet his general appearance gave an undue impression of age, for he had a slight forward stoop and a little bend of the knees as he walked.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan DoyleContext Highlight In X. THE ADVENTURE OF THE NOBLE BACHELOR 4 Hester Prynne, nevertheless, the loving mother of this one child, ran little risk of erring on the side of undue severity.
5 He read the letter through and felt pleased with it, and especially that he had remembered to enclose money: there was not a harsh word, not a reproach in it, nor was there undue indulgence.
6 The seated throng, filling the immense room without undue crowding, presented a surface of rich tissues and jewelled shoulders in harmony with the festooned and gilded walls, and the flushed splendours of the Venetian ceiling.
7 If she ignored his note it would give undue importance to a trivial affair.
8 Oh, no, sir; from my childhood I have seen too much, and understood too much, of what has passed around me, for misfortune to have an undue power over me.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContext Highlight In Chapter 95. Father and Daughter. 9 In the first place, to enable a citizen to work harm and to acquire undue authority, many circumstances must be present which never can be present in a State which is not corrupted.
Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Livius By Niccolo MachiavelliContext Highlight In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XXXIV.