quick sighted

Example Sentences

• "And if the Prieſt at any time talked of the Ghoſts below, and a Life after this, it was only to keep Men to their Superſtitious and Idolatrous Rites; Whereby the uſe of this Doctrine was loſt to the credulous Multitude; And its belief to the quicker ſighted, who ſuſpected it preſently of Prieſt-craft."
• "But for all that no body, I think, will imagine them deep Naturaliſts, or ſolid Metaphyſicians; no body will deem the quickeſt ſighted amongſt them to have very enlarg’d Views in Ethicks or Politicks, […]"
• "Princes read history, as well as subjects. They are quick sighted enough to make inferences to justify, what they are but too much inclined to, the undue exercise of their power."
• "‘[…] I never can tell what a man is thinking about, if I cannot see the changing expression of his mouth, which those thickets quite conceal,’ said Annie. / ‘You cannot, then, tell by the eyes; your cousin can—at least I fancy so, by some remarks she has made to me,’ said Bell. / ‘O yes! Clara is very quick sighted,’ Annie answered, coldly."