subtilties
- plural of subtilty.
Example Sentences
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The longer I live in the world the less fond am I of that divinity that stand upon quirks and subtilties.
From The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning by Binning, Hugh
But the vigilance of a fond father was too easily eluded by the subtilties of an enterprising man, who spared neither time nor money to compass his illaudable schemes.
From The Sylph, Volume I and II by Cavendish, Georgiana
On the dangerous pretext of equity, they eluded the law by various subtilties or fictions; and thus, without being endued with legislative authority, they abrogated ancient enactments according to caprice.
From History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume II by Dunlop, John
He had begun to dream of glorious subtilties of design and colour.
From Audrey Craven by Sinclair, May
And this in spite of Suárez, whose formal subtilties do not merit the name of philosophy.
From Tragic Sense Of Life by Flitch, J. E. Crawford (John Ernest Crawford)
