incautiousness

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His head and hand worked well together, and he seldom had to fight his way out of dangers into which his own incautiousness had led him.

From The Monarchs of the Main, Volume I (of 3) Or, Adventures of the Buccaneers by Thornbury, Walter

Giffard had been captured in a moment of incautiousness, but the sights and the wantonness had fired his blood and roused a spirit of retaliation.

From A Little Girl in Old Quebec by Douglas, Amanda Minnie

I well remember how, one day, through my incautiousness, I very nearly made the end of a St. Sebastian.

From Corea or Cho-sen The Land of the Morning Calm by Landor, Arnold Henry Savage

I warned Laura very seriously against any precipitate attempts, for I saw it was probable this incautiousness would increase, provided it were encouraged.

From Anna St. Ives by Holcroft, Thomas

With the incautiousness of youth he openly avowed his royalist opinions in the cafe which he frequented.

From Industrial Biography, Iron Workers and Tool Makers by Smiles, Samuel