She was a very
sharp-witted and well- instructed lady, and was so conscious of her own wisdom and abilities that she thought it a pity that the world should not have the benefit of them.
These preliminaries disposed of, he applied himself to teaching her the game, which she soon learnt tolerably well, being both
sharp-witted and cunning.
The traders halted at the sound of this language and the sight of the strange figure that uttered it, and from both figure and language at once guessed the craze of their owner; they wished, however, to learn quietly what was the object of this confession that was demanded of them, and one of them, who was rather fond of a joke and was very
sharp-witted, said to him, "Sir Knight, we do not know who this good lady is that you speak of; show her to us, for, if she be of such beauty as you suggest, with all our hearts and without any pressure we will confess the truth that is on your part required of us."
``Thou art keen-witted, Jewess,'' replied the Templar, well aware of the truth of what she spoke, and that the rules of his Order condemned in the most positive manner, and under high penalties, such intrigues as he now prosecuted, and that, in some instances, even degradation had followed upon it ``thou art
sharp-witted,'' he said; ``but loud must be thy voice of complaint, if it is heard beyond the iron walls of this castle; within these, murmurs, laments, appeals to justice, and screams for help, die alike silent away.
If I had not been mad--for though we madmen are
sharp-witted enough, we get bewildered sometimes--I should have known that the girl would rather have been placed, stiff and cold in a dull leaden coffin, than borne an envied bride to my rich, glittering house.
Nor could she help contrasting the conversation of the
sharp-witted man at her side with what she still remembered of the vague, touching, boyish enthusiasm of the millionaires of Devil's Ford.
Their amazement at me, my language, my rules, and ways, once subsided, I found some of these heavy-looking, gaping rustics wake up into
sharp-witted girls enough.
He was simultaneously intense, lighthearted, funny,
sharp-witted, outspoken and intensely powerful as an actor, director and artistic director.
"He was a uniquely talented individual, simultaneously intense, light-hearted, funny,
sharp-witted, outspoken and intensely powerful.
She was intuitive, judicious,
sharp-witted, and much more.
Opening with a tenacious new take on his debut track Lucy, the album finds Ten Tonnes exploring "the highs, the lows and the in-betweens of love and relationships" throughout a contemporary collection of
sharp-witted rock 'n' roll anthems.
This is a
sharp-witted sitcom, well worth watching from the start if you've missed it so far.