10 BÜCHER, DIE MIT «NIMBLEWITTED» IM ZUSAMMENHANG STEHEN
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“This story, which the muse has placed in my heart, and which I pray she will
guide me in telling, is the tale of the greatest battle of our time and that wily,
nimblewitted king, Menelaus of Sparta.” The lordspresent voicedtheir approval at
this ...
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An English-Welsh pronouncing dictionary: with an analysis of ...
... chwimwth; hydwyth i Nïmblefooted, nim'-bl-ffwt-ed, a. buan- I droed,
ysgafndroed, cyflymdroed, cyf- ¡ lym, buan i Nimbleness, nim'-bl-nes, ) s.
cyflymedd, I Nimbless, nim'-bles, J chwimyth- I der, sioncçwydd, sioncedd,
ewybredd Nimblewitted, ...
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The Ladies' Lexicon and Parlour Companion: Containing Nearly ...
A period of the night, as distinguished by change of watch. s. nightwatcher,
nightmatching. NIGRESCENT. adj. Growingblack. approaching to blackness. NIM
'BLE. adj. Quick, active, ready. adv. nimbly: s. nimblehess : adj nimblewitted.
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Works. New ed. - London, Rivington 1826
... the reading of a certificate of Dr. Gibson, it was ordered that his report should
be decreed. And so he put it upon Dr. Gibson, and there it stuck. 124. Sir
Nicholas Bacon, when a certain nimblewitted counsellor at the bar, who was
forward to ...
Francis Bacon of Verulam, 1826
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The Witchlord and the Weaponmaster
Hugh Cook. slipped it round Eljuk Zala's neck, then dragged him backwards.
Taken by surprise, Eljuk fell backwards, whereupon the nimblewitted Pelagius
Zozimus sat on him. "Keep it steady, boys," said Sken-Pitilkin. "Now. Slow but
sure.
Nigrescent, nl-greV-sent. a. growing black. Nihility, nl-hll'-e-tA. s. nothingness;
non-existence. Nim, nlm. v. a. to steal. Nimble, n?m'-bl. a. quick, active, ready,
lively. Nimblefooted, n?m'-bl-fut-ed. a. active, nimble. Nimblewitted, n?m'-bl-wit-
ted. a.
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The Selected Works of Sir Hall Caine
... sharing brains with other classesmore equallythan education, humorous,
nimblewitted;clearsighted, astute, cynical, not too virtuous, and havinga lofty,
contempt for thewiseacres of the town. The mannersandcustoms, thefolkloreand
folktalk ...
... the initiative anddirects him:he gives up at once;andthus havemany
nimblewitted dames from one clear start retainedtheir advantage. Concerning
that glove: well! the handsomest young man in Francewore the glove of the
loveliest woman.
Speech—you nimblewitted, limberlegged prophet!" roared John Casson,
throwing a pack of cards at Berkley. "Read the cards for us!" Berkley
verygracefully caught a handful, and sortingthem, began impromptu: "Diamonds
for you, Little Miss ...
Robert William Chambers, 1927
But thetalkative, nimblewitted people have taken themselves to towns.Like a
miser,she has hoarded her feelings within her own breast. Not apenny piece
hasshe changed allthese years, and, watchingher enviously, it seems asif
allwithin must ...
