"Cautious" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... I expected; trying to get an interview with the mistress. He will be more cautious in ...
— The Recollections of Geoffrey Hamlyn • Henry Kingsley
... gypsies of old were in the habit of making the marks with the leaves and branches of trees, placed in a certain manner. She said that nobody knew it but herself, who was one of the old sort, and begged me never to tell the word to any one but him I should marry; and to be particularly cautious never to let you know it, whom she hated. Well, brother, perhaps I have done wrong to tell you; but, as I said before, I likes you, and am always ready to do your pleasure in words and conversation; my mother, moreover, is dead and gone, and, poor thing, will never ...
— The Romany Rye - A Sequel to 'Lavengro' • George Borrow
... though there was a dulness in the right lung, yet the material of the lungs was not affected. For a time, however, the air-vessels were so clogged and irritated, that if he had continued to preach, disease would have quickly ensued. But this also was soon removed, and, under cautious management, ...
— The Biography of Robert Murray M'Cheyne • Andrew A. Bonar
... not what I may expect. The signals are my orders, sir—stop! go on! and it's for me to obey, as you would a general on the field of battle. What would happen otherwise! It was nonsense what they said about going cautious; and the man who stated it was a barber who didn't know the difference between a 'distance' and a 'stop' signal down to the minute they gave their verdict. My orders, sir, given me by that signal, was 'Go right ahead and keep to your ...
— Four Max Carrados Detective Stories • Ernest Bramah
... rustling in the hay in the loft, then cautious steps, and a figure appeared at the ...
— Judy • Temple Bailey
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