most sagacious

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This is a tradition among the people and, if it is true, it is characteristic of the most sagacious of men.

From The Strange Story of Harper's Ferry With Legends of the Surrounding Country by Barry, Joseph

Every commentator is indebted to him, and almost every one has abused him, from Warburton and Pope to Coleridge, and without Theobald's notes and most sagacious amendments, ordinary readers would be puzzled to read Shakspeare.

From Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 89, July 12, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Geneologists, etc. by Various

Have you never observed, oh, most sagacious Thomas, that no pretty woman ever had an adorer without wishing to torment him with a rival?

From The Funny Philosophers Wags and Sweethearts by Yellott, George

The most sagacious English statesman then in Parliament, Lord Chatham, exerted his noblest powers to bring the cabinet to a sense of common justice—the only path of safety.

From Sages and Heroes of the American Revolution by Judson, L. Carroll

I never shall forget the delusion which seized our best and most sagacious friends, the dear inhabitants of Boston, the winter before last.

From Familiar Letters of John Adams and His Wife Abigail Adams During the Revolution with a Memoir of Mrs. Adams by Adams, Abigail