... “Thou art growing less doltish and more shrewd every day, Sancho,” said Don Quixote...
Miguel de Cervantes 「The History of Don Quixote, Volume II., Complete」
... It was a shrewd thrust at the pride of race that she accounted his paramount sentiment, that had as often lured him into error as it had urged him into good...
Rafael Sabatini 「Scaramouche」
...Dan was a shrewd young person along his own lines, and ten minutes' questioning convinced him that Harvey was not lying—much...
Rudyard Kipling 「"Captains Courageous"」
... “Have I made a shrewd guess, citizen?” he said...
Baroness Orczy 「El Dorado」
...The Prince had his shrewd eyes steadily fixed upon him, obviously wondering what this seemingly irresponsible adventurer held at the back of his mind...
Baroness Emmuska Orczy 「The Elusive Pimpernel」
... for he was shrewd enough to recognise that the possession of such an ally must materially strengthen his own position; and at length...
Harry Collingwood 「The Adventures of Dick Maitland」
...They here gained the friendship of Chibisa, a shrewd and intelligent chief, whose village was about ten miles below the cataracts...
W.H.G. Kingston 「Great African Travellers」
...Colonel Hicks, of whom I have before spoken in this Journal, is one of the most shrewd, active and agreeable men in the colony...
Horatio Bridge 「Journal of an African Cruiser」
...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」
... James is twenty-four years of age, well made, quite black and pretty shrewd...
William Still 「The Underground Railroad」
... Whether this was really so or not, Sam was shrewd enough to "leave his old master with the bag to hold," which was sensible...
William Still 「The Underground Railroad」
...In order to get rid of this heavy load, by shrewd management he gained access to the kind-hearted Captain and procured an Underground Rail Road ticket...
William Still 「The Underground Railroad」
... Robert was too shrewd to be entrapped by the above reward...
William Still 「The Underground Railroad」
...The boys, more shrewd and wide awake than many others, did not hearken to such "stuff...
William Still 「The Underground Railroad」
... Nothing could have delighted the shrewd Whitson better; he saw just how he could effect the matter, without the slightest probable failure...
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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