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But Bonaparte lived to lay in ruins even his personal interest in this great edifice of empire; and that entirely by his own desperate presumption, precipitance, and absolute defect of self-command.

From Theological Essays and Other Papers — Volume 2 by De Quincey, Thomas

Caravan bounded to his feet with such precipitance that his chair rolled over against the chair.

From The Works of Guy de Maupassant, Volume 4 by Maupassant, Guy de

"See, then, O King," continued the Wazir "what cometh of precipitance; verily, it is unpraiseworthy and bequeatheth repentance; and in this I give thee true advice and loyal counsel."

From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 06 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir

"Stormy pity, and the cherish'd lure Of pomp, and proud precipitance of soul."

From Critical and Historical Essays — Volume 2 by Macaulay, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron

The boy had really been suffering for his precipitance.

From Once a Greech by Smith, Evelyn E.