subtilty

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Why stoop to the subtilty of circumspection, to spare himself the appearance of destroying one whose head, heart, and vitals, all feel the reality of the destruction he inflicts?

From The Wanderer (Volume 3 of 5) or, Female Difficulties by Burney, Fanny

But the fineness, the subtilty, the changefulness of line, are endlessly charming; they may have other uses, but if they had been made for pure beauty it would be use enough.

From With the World's Great Travellers, Volume 3 by Various

There was a terseness and massiveness in his speech, curiously blended with subtilty and fervor.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 92, June, 1865 by Various

He has not much imagination, nor remarkable subtilty in reasoning; but if he does not dazzle, he does not bore: he is too much the man of the world for that.

From The International Monthly, Vol. II, No. I December 1, 1850 by Various

I often confuted his notions: often in our disputations I pushed a good argument so home, that all his subtilty was not able to elude its force.

From Letters of Abelard and Heloise To which is prefix?d a particular account of their lives, amours, and misfortunes by Bayle, Pierre