subtilty

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All the dark suggestions which subtilty could imagine, vanished one after another, in the light thrown upon them by Henry Trevethlan's own conduct.

From Trevethlan: (Vol 2 of 3) A Cornish Story. by Watson, William Davy

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, Wisdom, have made subtilty my dwelling, And find out knowledge and discretion.

From The Bible Story by Hall, Newton Marshall

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

I must note here the subtilty of this retreat.

From My Path to Atheism by Besant, Annie Wood