Meaning of quick sighted | Babel Free

Definitions

Adjective. [B2]

Examples

“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.”

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