most sagacious
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The accursed vermin died somewhere in the Cottage; but whether beneath a floor, within lath and plaster, or in roof, baffled the conjectures of the most sagacious.
From Recreations of Christopher North, Volume I (of 2) by Wilson, John Lyde
His most sagacious friends then had fears either that he would not live to old age, or, if he did, that his later years would be unquiet.
From Biography of Rev. Hosea Ballou by Ballou, Maturin Murray
From these most sagacious animals, we can pretty accurately determine how far understanding can go without reason, i.e., abstract knowledge embodied in concepts.
From The World As Will And Idea (Vol. 1 of 3) by Schopenhauer, Arthur
It contains the most searching analysis of the present state of Jamaica, and, moreover, the most sagacious prognostications of the future prospects of the island that have ever been published.
From The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 2, May, 1851 by Various
Every commentator is indebted to him, and almost every one has abused him, from Warburton and Pope to Coleridge, and without Theobald's notes and most sagacious amendments, ordinary readers would be puzzled to read Shakspeare.
From Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 89, July 12, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Geneologists, etc. by Various
