"Slow-witted" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... suspect?" asked the Governor, who was a slow-witted man, broken down with fevers ...
— The Green Flag • Arthur Conan Doyle
... The slouchy, slow-witted proprietor of the place passed her inquiry on to a group of natives who lounged on the porch, and one, whose horse was hitched in front of the blacksmith shop across the way, gave the information that he had seen the Doctor ...
— The Calling Of Dan Matthews • Harold Bell Wright
... ill-looking but for her mouth, and beauty was not abundant enough in the neighborhood to place her at much disadvantage. Fashionable finery was even less common, and the Cheap Jack's wife was showily dressed. And George found her a very pleasant companion; much livelier than the slow-witted damsels of the country-side. For him she had nothing but flattery; but her smart speeches at the expense of other people in the crowd caused the miller's man to double up his long ...
— Jan of the Windmill • Juliana Horatia Ewing
... said. "He will come back. He will want to shoot you. He may be slow-witted in some things, but ...
— Havoc • E. Phillips Oppenheim
... the plight of one poor boy, older than the rest, called Smike, a drudge whom starvation and ill-treatment had rendered dull and slow-witted, aroused all Nicholas's pity. ...
— The World's Greatest Books, Vol III • Arthur Mee and J.A. Hammerton, Eds.
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