"Astutely" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... Establishment. Colonel Chabert. A Start in Life.] Desroches was advocate for Charles de Vandenesse, pleading against his brother Felix; for the Marquise d'Espard, seeking interdiction against her husband; and for the Secretary-General Chardin des Lupeaulx, with whom he counseled astutely. [A Woman of Thirty. The Commission in Lunacy. The Government Clerks.] Lucien de Rubempre consulted Desroches about the seizure of the furniture of Coralie, his mistress, in 1822. [A Distinguished Provincial at Paris.] Vautrin appreciated the attorney; he said that the latter ...
— Repertory Of The Comedie Humaine, Complete, A -- Z • Anatole Cerfberr and Jules Franois Christophe
... colonial trade, to the detriment of the latter, by carrying all the commerce with, or through them, to the credit of foreign trade. This was ringing the changes to one tune with some effect, for the time being—and so astutely timed and intended, that no discussion could be taken in the House of Commons upon the informal motion, serving as the peg on which to hang the prepared speech of deceptive figures and assertions inflicted on the House the 22d of June last; whilst thus, as the Leaguer shrewdly anticipated, ...
— Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 54, No. 337, November, 1843 • Various
... of it all," said Alicia, astutely. "This revered uncle of ours, Bernie, has something up ...
— Two Little Women on a Holiday • Carolyn Wells
... complexion, or the look of her eyes, or her general lack of youthfulness. She will soon be cured, if you can follow this advice astutely. ...
— Editorials from the Hearst Newspapers • Arthur Brisbane
... think of it," he argued astutely, "I don't weigh nuthin' sca'cely, an' thar ain't much of me ter hev ter haul ...
— The Young Mountaineers - Short Stories • Charles Egbert Craddock |
