Carthaginians called sagacity, and the Romans treachery and cunning, determined not to see these messengers. From Wordnik.com. [Hannibal Makers of History] Reference
He spoke with a rare sagacity, which is a remarkable gift in a nation who exhibit more intellect in their conduct than in their conversation. From Wordnik.com. [Corinne, Volume 1 (of 2) Or Italy] Reference
For that consider - able part of it, emending a corrupt text, there must be a certain sagacity, which is so distinguishing a quality in Dr. Bentley. From Wordnik.com. [Literary anecdotes of the eighteenth century; comprizing biographical memoirs of William Bowyer, printer, F. S. A.] Reference
There are few better guides for a young man than this book of homely sagacity, which is wisdom about the world without being tainted by the bad sort of worldly wisdom. From Wordnik.com. [Expositions of Holy Scripture Second Kings Chapters VIII to End and Chronicles, Ezra, and Nehemiah. Esther, Job, Proverbs, and Ecclesiastes] Reference
It wouldn't be right to say that my relationship with George has revealed to me the "sagacity" of animals. From Wordnik.com. [Excerpt: Eating Animals by Jonathan Safran Foer] Reference
True sagacity is inseparable from faith. From Wordnik.com. [Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible] Reference
“This power of divination, this sagacity, which is the mother of all science, we may call anticipation. From Wordnik.com. [Spare Hours] Reference
I would consult your young sagacity which is accredited to us by the most loyal Dona Rita. ". From Wordnik.com. [The Arrow of Gold] Reference
I have here certain letters from Paris on which I would consult your young sagacity which is accredited to us by the most loyal Doña Rita. ". From Wordnik.com. [The Arrow of Gold : A Story Between Two Notes] Reference
I have here certain letters from Paris on which I would consult your young sagacity which is accredited to us by the most loyal Dona Rita.”. From Wordnik.com. [The Arrow of Gold] Reference
He was popular and possessed shrewd political sagacity. From Wordnik.com. [Fifty Years of Public Service] Reference
Now, sister, we are going to trust to your sagacity in this matter. From Wordnik.com. [Madeline Payne, the Detective's Daughter] Reference
He had great sagacity in understanding every report concerning them. From Wordnik.com. [Eastern Tales by Many Story Tellers] Reference
With the sagacity of an animal he knew the safety of the open places. From Wordnik.com. [A Village of Vagabonds] Reference
But those were days made to show the shortsightedness of human sagacity. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 378, April, 1847] Reference
And next day the black horse justified his mistress's sagacity, and his own. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 107, September, 1866] Reference
The King was hard to persuade; young as he was, his sagacity was not wanting. From Wordnik.com. [The Quarterly Review, Volume 162, No. 324, April, 1886] Reference
His military sagacity is attested by so high an authority as General Sherman. From Wordnik.com. [The Life of Abraham Lincoln] Reference
Then his expression changed to one of the most remarkable sagacity and wariness. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine, November 1885] Reference
All the chances of war have been considered and provided for, as far as human sagacity can. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals] Reference
The track once discovered they kept it with that unerring sagacity so peculiar to our hunters. From Wordnik.com. [Woman on the American Frontier] Reference
It matters nothing what the wealth may be -- material substance, mental skill, or business sagacity. From Wordnik.com. [My Daily Meditation for the Circling Year] Reference
In short, he decided every affair of importance, by submitting it to the sagacity of the young Aladin. From Wordnik.com. [Eastern Tales by Many Story Tellers] Reference
Such, for example, was his self-reliance -- his confidence in his own strength, sagacity, and courage. From Wordnik.com. [Western Characters or Types of Border Life in the Western States] Reference
On this occasion, the young statesman gave perhaps the most triumphant evidence of his remarkable sagacity. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 378, April, 1847] Reference
Their decision confirmed, at least for me, the sagacity of Brooks's counsel and set me on a new life course. From Wordnik.com. [Why I Write] Reference
The doctor was a croaker, as was the fashion of the time, with all who pretended to peculiar political sagacity. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 378, April, 1847] Reference
We may add in praise of M. Bouchardat's sagacity, that that skilful observer has always considered these results as. From Wordnik.com. [The Harvard Classics Volume 38 Scientific Papers (Physiology, Medicine, Surgery, Geology)] Reference
The feast proceeded with redoubled jollity, and louder than ever were the sagacity and justice of the Sultan extolled. From Wordnik.com. [Eastern Tales by Many Story Tellers] Reference
The sagacity and courage displayed by Kalergy in this affair placed him in the rank of the ablest of the Greek chiefs. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 55, No. 344, June, 1844] Reference
Bridge, and General Ewing got up; but the bridge broke repeatedly, and delays occurred which no human sagacity could prevent. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals] Reference
The natural courage and sagacity of Smith now heightened by love, gave him the wings of the wind and the fierceness of the tiger. From Wordnik.com. [Woman on the American Frontier] Reference
It exercises judgment in the spirit of independence, and, expressing its opinions without severity, exhibits the grave sagacity of. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 378, April, 1847] Reference
It is not worth the trouble now to inquire, whether Pitt's sagacity equally failed him in estimating the probable effect of the French. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 378, April, 1847] Reference
Spaniards, and the violation of the royal provisions which the benevolence of the late Queen and the sagacity of the King had decreed. From Wordnik.com. [Bartholomew de Las Casas; his life, apostolate, and writings] Reference
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