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And his subtility, I'll put in: Yet he'll keep that himself, without the gods.
From Sejanus: His Fall by Ben Jonson
As we rise in the scale of forces towards greater subtility, the forces become more important and efficient.
From Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great, Volume 7 Little Journeys to the Homes of Eminent Orators by Elbert Hubbard
His insight, his subtility, his pathos, his love of souls, his marvellous play of dramatic as well as of spiritual faculty, are in evidence.
From An Outline of the History of Christian Thought Since Kant by Edward Caldwell Moore
Brother Beissel interrupted loudly, forgetting his usual subtility, "Brother Jabez, I doubt much whether our constable will feel bounden by the practices of the early church."
From A Tale of the Kloster A Romance of the German Mystics at the Cocalico by Brother Jabez
The Yogin, that abandons his gross body, following the instructions of his preceptor, beholds his soul displaying the following forms in consequence of its subtility.
From The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 by Kisari Mohan Ganguli