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And as for the ready-wittedness and expediency, I wonder where they are!

From Luttrell Of Arran Complete by Lever, Charles James

There were many aspects of the question that struck him, and he turned from the present to the future with all that ready-wittedness that had so longed favoured him in life.

From Luttrell Of Arran Complete by Lever, Charles James

I trusted to the "making myself generally useful" category for employment, and to a ready-wittedness never cramped nor restrained by the petty prejudices of a conscience.

From Confessions Of Con Cregan An Irish Gil Blas by Lever, Charles James