subtilty
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O ye simple, understand subtilty; And, ye fools, be ye of an understanding heart.
From The Bible Story by Hall, Newton Marshall
No artist is disposed to apologise for the presence of subtilty in Art, nor I for the subtle device of Bacon's garden.
From Garden-Craft Old and New by Sedding, John D.
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
The adoption of this ingenious device to avoid compliance with unnatural obligations, affords an instance of the singular duplicity into which the subtilty of pious craft may betray human nature.
From Monks, Popes, and their Political Intrigues by Alberger, John
Isaac trembled and said: Thy brother has come with subtilty, and taken away thy blessing.
From The History of Antiquity, Vol. I (of VI) by Duncker, Max
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