subtilty

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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

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

Without vain subtilty, there is a real distinction between free will and spontaneous liberty.

From Lectures on the true, the beautiful and the good by Cousin, Victor

Many of their more ancient philosophical works were composed in metre, though they possess productions of a later period, which display the highest logical subtilty and analysis.

From The Philosophy of History, Vol. 1 of 2 by Schlegel, Friedrich

But there is a variety and subtilty in the Anglo-Saxon measure which is not found in the Middle English, and which is much more definitely under metrical rules.

From Medieval English Literature Home University of Modern Knowledge #43 by Ker, W. P. (William Paton)