conjecturer
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conjecturers
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It required “the hound’s fine footing,” to borrow the beautiful figure of Spenser himself, for our conjecturer to course in this field of allegory.
From Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature by Disraeli, Isaac
And amusing it is to watch the historical conjecturer of a romantic poem perilously creeping along the dark passages of secret history; but he is often at a stand.
From Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature by Disraeli, Isaac
But, in that same belief, who could say he might not be lying in ambush within close gunshot of the horse to which the conjecturer dared not now return?
From John March, Southerner by Cable, George W.
After ten years' regular attendance, the boldest conjecturer would not have dared to define his political principles.
From Vivian Grey by Disraeli, Benjamin, Earl of Beaconsfield
The conjecturer is out, and knows nothing of the matter.
From Lady Byron Vindicated A history of the Byron controversy from its beginning in 1816 to the present time by Stowe, Harriet Beecher
The theorists and conjecturers wondered how the Republican South would be recognized, what new Californians might be taken to Washington, whether Mrs. Willebrandt would get her long-sought judgeship, etc., etc.
From Time Magazine Archive
The conjecturers, the combination, and the declaration of war, exist no where but in the Doctor's pericranium.
From Deformities of Samuel Johnson, Selected from his Works by Anonymous
This is merely one of the many evidences that all verbal conjecturers must often stumble on the same suggestions.
From Notes and Queries, Number 203, September 17, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by Bell, George
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