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And some did hold that there went from it a further vibration of a greater subtileness that gave a protecting against the Evil Forces.

From The Night Land by Hodgson, William Hope

His very blood seemed to flow through all his arteries with unwonted subtileness, when he thought that the same tide flowed through the mystic veins of Isabel.

From Pierre; or The Ambiguities by Melville, Herman

It weighs 4.273 oz. per sq. ft. more than the heaviest of coat-furs, and is so rigid as to be uncomfortable, while the subtileness of fur makes it “kind” to the body.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 3 "Frost" to "Fyzabad" by Various