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Recent scientific discoveries have conferred upon man new powers of investigation, whereby nature has been made to reveal secrets so subtile that they never had been dreamt of before in philosophy.

From Scientific American • Jan. 13, 2013

At Paris the Universe is seen, compos’d of Vortices of subtile Matter; but nothing like it is seen in London.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

The mental attitude of the speaker is subtile enough in itself to be fascinating, but the real suspense does not lie there.

From Shelburne Essays, Third Series by More, Paul Elmer

For Eutychius,149 bishop of that city, taught, that our body, in the glory of resurrection, would be impalpable, and more subtile than wind and air.

From Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England by Bede, Cuthbert

One seeks to accommodate one's self to her doctrine through subtile distinctions.

From The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine by Rameur, E.