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Meanings of own acuteness in English

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Usage of own acuteness in English
1
The old lady took great pride in her own acuteness.
Dorothy Vernon of Haddon Hall
2
Akulina smiled to herself, proud of her own acuteness.
A Cigarette-Maker's Romance
3
Mr. Harding, however, had found it very difficult to shake his son-in-law's faith in his own acuteness.
Barchester Towers
4
I won the first three bets; and, exulting in my own acuteness and certainty, intreated him in pity to desist.
The Adventures of Hugh Trevor
5
And slapping his knee in an ecstasy at his own acuteness, he laughed in his seat till he rolled again.
A Gentleman of France: Being the Memoirs of Gaston de Bonne Sieu...
6
In time he was ready to guess of his own acuteness that the 'strange cavalier' could have been no other than Colonel Poltermore.
The Tale of Chloe: An Episode in the History of Beau Beamish
7
He himself was so clever that he was often duped, first by the general honest dulness of mankind, and then by his own acuteness.
Letters on Literature
8
"Mean!" cries Frere, with a smile at his own acuteness.
For the Term of His Natural Life
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