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The forum had similar concerns about this unfettered discretion,
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'There was a gold bracelet that had been my grandmother's,' she said, and added with a resounding lack of discretion,
The Speaker Of Mandarin Rendell, Ruth, 1930- 1983
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Mrs. Stewart walked in the Park every morning at an unfashionable hour, and sometimes, yet not too often for discretion,
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_ Though now her dotage makes her want discretion,
The Fatal Jealousie (1673) Henry Nevil Payne
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For, although the young man bore a very fair character, and there was no special cause for doubting his discretion,
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 27, January, 1860 Various
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It appears to me that, in seeing you thus at my discretion,
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But, though the Court Chamberlain had promised discretion,
In Brief Authority F. Anstey 1895
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-- Yours, in true cousinly regard and supreme reliance on your discretion,
The History of Sir Richard Calmady A Romance Lucas Malet 1891
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Now, just as he neared the legal dividing line between youth and years of discretion,
Found in the Philippines The Story of a Woman's Letters Charles King 1888
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Well, well -- from the point of view of discretion,
Casa Braccio, Volumes 1 and 2 (of 2) J. Andr�� [Illustrator] Castaigne 1881
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