after-wit

Trust me, dear Yorick, this unwary pleasantry of thine will sooner or later bring thee into scrapes and difficulties, which no after-wit can extricate thee out of. —

The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman 2003

Trust me, dear Yorick, this unwary pleasantry of thine will sooner or later bring thee into scrapes and difficulties, which no after-wit can extricate thee out of. —

The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman 2003

It was only when he was driven to extremity in explaining the causes of his defeat, that his after-wit suggested

The Campaign of Chancellorsville Theodore Ayrault Dodge 1875

However much Hooker's after-wit may have prompted him to deny it, his despatch of 4.10 P.M., to Sedgwick, shows conclusively that he himself had adopted this theory of a retreat.

The Campaign of Chancellorsville Theodore Ayrault Dodge 1875

Harar, I employed myself in meditating flight; they drily declared that after-wit serves no good purpose: whilst I considered the possibility of escape, they looked only at the prospect of being dragged back with pinioned arms by the Amir's guard.

First Footsteps in East Africa Richard Francis Burton 1855

This after-wit, as it is a proof of the truth of God, so it is a proof of the folly of men, who will look no further than they can see.

Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume IV (Isaiah to Malachi) 1721

It is a necessary piece of after-wit, if we have foolishly entangled ourselves, to get out of the snare as fast as we can, to lose no time, spare no pains, and stick at no submission to make ourselves safe and easy, and get our affairs into a good posture.

Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume III (Job to Song of Solomon) 1721

We often find that after-wit would have done much better before and have prevented much inconvenience.

Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume II (Joshua to Esther) 1721

Wearied by delay at Harar, I employed myself in meditating flight; they drily declared that after-wit serves no good purpose: whilst I considered the possibility of escape, they looked only at the prospect of being dragged back with pinioned arms by the Amir’s guard.

First footsteps in East Africa 2003

We took him now as he was admitted into the Court and the Queen's favours, and here he was not to seek to play his part well and dexterously; but his play was chiefly at the fore-game, not that he was a learner at the latter, but he loved not the after-wit, for the report is (and I think not unjustly) that he was seldom behind-hand with his gamesters, and that they always went with the loss.

FRAGMENTA REGALIA Hentzner, Paul & Naunton, Robert 1641