Subtilty

The Subtilty, and of this Serpent, is equal to that of the old one.

John Adams diary 19, 16 December 1772 - 18 December 1773 1961

There is so much Wit, Sense, Learning, Acuteness, Subtilty, Eloquence, &c. among fifty Gentlemen, each of whom has been habituated to lead and guide in his own Province, that an immensity of Time, is spent unnecessarily.

John Adams diary 22, 4 September - 9 November 1774 1961

I never felt the meaning of the Words, Stratagem, Guile, Subtilty, Cunning, Wiles &c. that

John Adams diary 6, 2 December 1760 - 3 March 1761 1961

Principal Man that drove on the Parliament to go too high, and act too vehemently against the King: Being of very ready Parts, and very great Subtilty, and unwearied Industry, he laboured, and not without

Characters from 17th Century Histories and Chronicles Various

Subtilty of yours exceeds all Bounds, for you have withdrawn your self from the State and Condition of understanding Men, and indeed thrown away the Nature of Intelligible Things, for this is a certain Axiom, that a thing must be either one, or more than one_.

The Improvement of Human Reason Exhibited in the Life of Hai Ebn Yokdhan Ibn Tufail

Subtilty is a talent natural to the sex; and, as I am persuaded, all our natural inclinations are right and good in themselves, I am of opinion this should be cultivated as well as the others: it is requisite for us only to prevent its abuse. '

A vindication of the rights of woman 1892

Subtilty, as he understood it, possesses a threefold character: substance, accident, and manifestation.

Jerome Cardan A Biographical Study 1886

Horses and other Things, and Beasts out of their Wains Carts and Houses, saying & devising that they be to ride on hasty Messages & Business, where of Truth they be in no wise privy of any Business or Message, but only in Deceit & Subtilty, by such Colour and Device to take Horses, and the said Horses hastily to ride & evil entreat, having no Manner of

Early English Meals and Manners Frederick James Furnivall 1867

Subtilty means that our risen bodies will be endowed with the power of penetrating all things, even the hardest substances, as easily as the sun's rays penetrate a clear crystal.

The Happiness of Heaven By a Father of the Society of Jesus F. J. Boudreaux 1857

Subtilty is a talent natural to the sex; and, as I am persuaded, all our natural inclinations are right and good in themselves, I am of opinion this should be cultivated as well as the others: it is requisite for us only to prevent its abuse. '

Chap. V 1792