...It was only natural, was it not? that Ishould make a shrewd guess as to the nature of that ‘something... 
Baroness Orczy 「The Scarlet Pimpernel」
... It was a shrewd, sharp thrust aimed at the jury, and it reveals, I think, the alertness of the man's mind, his self-possession ever steadiest in moments of dire peril...
Rafael Sabatini 「Captain Blood」
... His choice of a messenger was shrewd...
Rafael Sabatini 「Captain Blood」
...He could make a shrewd guess, he said, with a grin, of the business that took M...
Rafael Sabatini 「Scaramouche」
...But there’s plenty of shrewd brains and sound heartstoo...
John Buchan 「Mr. Standfast」
...His face was absorbed,and it was a new face, not the vacant, good-humoured look of the garrulousbagman, but something shrewd, purposeful, and formidable...
John Buchan 「Mr. Standfast」
... Smiling, urbane, with a curious look that almost expressed amusement lurking in his shrewd, pale eyes, Chauvelin handed the momentous document to Armand...
Baroness Orczy 「El Dorado」
...An irresistible desire seized him to go and have a look at his discomfited enemy, and from the latter's attitude make a shrewd guess as to what he meant to do to-night...
Baroness Emmuska Orczy 「The Elusive Pimpernel」
...I did not wait to hear those terms, for I had a shrewd guess what theywould be...
John Buchan 「Prester John」
...Perkins had seen the rise of the Rand since its infancy, and he had been shrewd enough to keep out of the late agitation and its disturbances...
Lady Sarah Wilson 「South African Memories」
...Toko, a headman, is very shrewd and intelligent, and highly spoken of by Mr...
Horatio Bridge 「Journal of an African Cruiser」
...And poor Seth, after all his toil, and dangerous, shrewd and wise management, and almost unheard of adventures, the many narrow and almost miraculous escapes...
William Still 「The Underground Railroad」
... Robert was too shrewd to be entrapped by the above reward...
William Still 「The Underground Railroad」
... William was also of unmixed blood, shrewd and wide-awake for his years,—had been ground down under the heel of Aquila Cain...
William Still 「The Underground Railroad」
...He was shrewd, willing to stoop to anything in order to win...
W. E. B. Du Bois 「The Quest of the Silver Fleece」
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