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Humour and Inclinations, before he gave himself irrevocably to me, it oblig'd me to regulate my Behaviour with the discreetest Precautions my poor unexperienc'd Thoughts could dictate.

The Amours of Bosvil and Galesia 2008

Humour and Inclinations, before he gave himself irrevocably to me, it oblig'd me to regulate my Behaviour with the discreetest Precautions my poor unexperienc'd Thoughts could dictate.

The Amours of Bosvil and Galesia 2008

He is the prettiest, discreetest fellow that ever my eyes beheld, or that ever dipped pen into ink.

The Journal to Stella 2003

And thus did Lycurgus, for chastisement of his fault, make of a wild and passionate young man one of the discreetest citizens of

The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans Plutarch 2003

Convents, and I found the discreetest people, especially among the Ladies, had

John Adams autobiography, part 2, "Travels, and Negotiations," 1777-1778 1961

The building stands in what is perhaps the quietest and quaintest church square in England, possessing beyond all question the discreetest of pawnbroker's shops, marked by three brass balls that positively have charm.

Highways & Byways in Sussex E.V. Lucas

Further directions were: 'That the wisest and discreetest men of every parish be appointed to assist the constables; ...

Devon, Its Moorlands, Streams and Coasts Rosalind Northcote

A smile went round the table, discreetest in Mrs Milburn.

The Imperialist Sara Jeannette Duncan

"Oh, thou discreetest of readers," says Benvenuto Cellini, "marvel not that I have given so much time to writing about all this," and we feel like making the same apology for devoting a whole chapter to enamel; but this branch of the goldsmith's art has so many subdivisions, that it cries for space.

Arts and Crafts in the Middle Ages A Description of Mediaeval Workmanship in Several of the Departments of Applied Art, Together with Some Account of Special Artisans in the Early Renaissance Julia de Wolf Gibbs Addison

I thought of that historic game of bowls as I watched four Lewes gentlemen playing this otherwise discreetest of games in the meadow by the castle gate on a fine September evening.

Highways & Byways in Sussex E.V. Lucas