...He was beginning to wonder if he could lure the Captain aside with some tale of hidden treasure, when this untimely interruption set a term to that interesting speculation...
Rafael Sabatini 「Captain Blood」
...But he wasted little time in idle speculation...
Edgar Rice Burroughs 「The Beasts of Tarzan」
...That night they camped in the valley beyond the hills, and as they satbefore a little fire where cooked a wild pig that had fallen to one ofTarzan's arrows, the latter sat lost in speculation...
Edgar Rice Burroughs 「Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar」
... Now they hastened on toward it talkingexcitedly among themselves in animated speculation upon the cause andmeaning of the catastrophe...
Edgar Rice Burroughs 「Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar」
...The Banyan is safe enough not to lose, whether the speculation the trader is engaged upon pays or not...
Henry M. Stanley 「How I Found Livingstone」
...These were objects of too much importance to the country to be hazarded on an unnecessary speculation...
Thomas Clarkson 「The History of the Rise, Progress and Accomplishment of the」
...It is matter of speculation, moreover, whether much of the misery of parting does not, with those unaccustomed to the sea, originate in the disturbed state of their stomachs...
Horatio Bridge 「Journal of an African Cruiser」
... Lewis returned to Wilberforce, flushed and swaggering with the idea of making his fortune in this speculation of a law-suit against Mr...
Austin Steward 「Twenty-Two Years a Slave, and Forty Years a Freeman」
... All speculation implies risk...
Various 「Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 6, July 1905」
...Thus art andliterature sink to the level of bad taste and speculation...
Various 「Mother Earth, Vol. 1 No. 1, March 1906」
...The duration of life in the elephant has been from the remotesttimes a matter of uncertainty and speculation...
J. Emerson Tennent 「Sketches of the Natural History of Ceylon」
...These prices gave rise to speculation, and many animals, of a decidedlyinferior grade, were imported, which were thrown upon the market for themost they could command...
Robert Jennings 「Sheep, Swine, and Poultry」
...The sales in many instances not half coveringthe cost of importation, the speculation was soon abandoned...
Robert Jennings 「Sheep, Swine, and Poultry」
...The origin of thecurious name "Gray Lag" has been the subject of much speculation...
John H. Robinson 「Our Domestic Birds」
...Theprice of gram varies very greatly, according to the locality and season,and is a subject of much speculation and gambling amongst the nativecommunity...
Joshua A. Nunn 「Notes on Stable Management in India and the Colonies」
...I stepped inside the door, but he wasoccupied with an account book, and when at last he looked up there wasno speculation in his eyes...
Bradford Torrey 「The Foot-path Way」
...A country boy who had caught one of these birds on itsnest brought it to me on a speculation...
Rev. C. A. Johns 「British Birds in their Haunts」
...Thisstriking similarity between the developmentof ants and man offers groundfor much speculation...
Leonard Haseman 「An Elementary Study of Insects」
...Fox-hunting!—we do not know that fox-hunting is so safe a speculation foryoung ladies as any of the foregoing...
R. S. Surtees 「Mr. Sponge's Sporting Tour」
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