John wasn't a very <em>cunning </em>or clever guy. When john had applied for his internship he didn't use his <em>foresight </em>to predict what type of questions they were going to ask. The job advertisement <em>inquired</em> that to do well in the interview John must wear a red shirt and have a <em>sagacious</em> mind. John did not wear a red shirt and didn't have good judgement, the manager was <em>vexed </em>and unimpressed. John was sweating from every <em>crevice</em> possible when they announced if he were to be hired or not.
I would say that the intended meaning of that hyperbole is that the speaker thinks that the colonists are being unfairly treated by the British government.
