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Meanings of own counsel in English

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Usage of own counsel in English
1
Keep your own counsel as before; and no one will suspect you.
The Pirate of the Mediterranean: A Tale of the Sea
2
No, no; follow your own counsel, boy; half a pint be it.'
A Life's Morning
3
Just look at where you got to by keeping your own counsel.
Son of a witch: volume two in the wicked years
4
But he kept his own counsel and said nothing at the time.
English Fairy Tales
5
But the questions asked by your own counsel would amount to nothing.
Cousin Henry
6
I swore I would keep my own counsel, even with the countess.
The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Volume 2...
7
She promised herself to keep her own counsel, and watch the play.
A Great Success
8
I decided on keeping my own counsel, for the present at least.
The Legacy of Cain
9
Mathieu was deeply pained by the scene, but kept his own counsel.
Fruitfulness
10
As for the rest, we may as well keep our own counsel.
Floyd Grandon's Honor
11
My own counsel will I keep on who is to be trained.
The Guardian
12
So also was Constance, for Mr. Povey could keep his own counsel.
The Old Wives' Tale
13
Keep your own counsel, and be with me to-morrow at the dawn.'
Tales of Destiny
14
Polly, who had kept her own counsel on this matter, went crimson.
Australia Felix
15
Miss Eliza, indeed, shakes her head wisely, and keeps her own counsel.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 101, March, 1866 / A Magazi...
16
I imagine not, sir-thatis, if Dirty Dan keeps his own counsel.
Kindred of the Dust
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