subtilty

Example Sentences

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The Apostle recognises, beyond the subtilty of Jacob and behind the blessing of Isaac, the Divine retribution.

From The Expositor's Bible: The Epistle to the Hebrews by Edwards, Thomas Charles

I must note here the subtilty of this retreat.

From My Path to Atheism by Besant, Annie Wood

A gentle, tender spirit, and a judgment equally free from paradox, exaggeration, and excessive subtilty, are the characteristics of all he wrote.

From History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 1 of 2) by Lecky, William Edward Hartpole

Isaac trembled and said: Thy brother has come with subtilty, and taken away thy blessing.

From The History of Antiquity, Vol. I (of VI) by Duncker, Max

Though now his fortune was low, yet he got another ship with craft and subtilty, and in it twenty-one men.

From The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 3 by Whymper, Frederick