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Meanings of more prudence in English

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Usage of more prudence in English
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He expected the new government of Sirisena to exert more prudence.
Reuters
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It requires more prudence than learning, more probity than genius.
The Duchess of Berry and the Court of Charles X
3
This he does not do, but with much more prudence he brings him here.
The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 12 (of 12)
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His son Lewis had more prudence than seems usually to have belonged to the family.
Guy Mannering, Or, the Astrologer — Volume 01
5
Tonight, however, the manager had the impression the president was hoping for a bit more prudence.
The Da Vinci Code
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But the General should have possessed more prudence.
The Yankee Tea-party; Or, Boston in 1773
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Yet if Señor Ibarra had used more prudence-
The Social Cancer: A Complete English Version of Noli Me Tangere
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She told her emotions to madame, who, with more prudence than sincerity, laughed at her fears.
A Sicilian Romance
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I wish you would learn a little more prudence; it would save me a great deal of trouble.
Mark Hurdlestone; Or, The Two Brothers
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He spoke of it gently to her as they walked home together, counselling more prudence in the future.
Scaramouche: A Romance of the French Revolution
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He always attacked them with the same audacity, but was very careful to swallow them with more prudence.
The Physiology of Taste; Or, Transcendental Gastronomy
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On no occasion during the whole course of his eventful life did he show more prudence and selfcommand.
The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume ...
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The father displayed more prudence.
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
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Had you shown more selfishness, I should assuredly have exerted more prudence, and have treated you with less confidence.
Tales and Novels — Volume 05 / Tales of a Fashionable Life
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Some one else was coming along the path, but the newcomer was exercising much more prudence than the three dancers.
The White Waterfall
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But he had more prudence and less genius than his admirer thought; and he showed a marked talent for general government.
The Father of British Canada: a Chronicle of Carleton
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