Subtil

By 1756 Richard Lovett, lay clerk of Worcester Cathedral, published The Subtil Medium Provd, an account of electricitys various Uses in the animal Oeconomy, particularly when applyd to Maladies and Disorders incident to the human Body,32 which attracted the attention of John Wesley, the founder of Methodism.

Bedlam Catharine Arnold 2008

By 1756 Richard Lovett, lay clerk of Worcester Cathedral, published The Subtil Medium Provd, an account of electricitys various Uses in the animal Oeconomy, particularly when applyd to Maladies and Disorders incident to the human Body,32 which attracted the attention of John Wesley, the founder of Methodism.

Bedlam Catharine Arnold 2008

By 1756 Richard Lovett, lay clerk of Worcester Cathedral, published The Subtil Medium Provd, an account of electricitys various Uses in the animal Oeconomy, particularly when applyd to Maladies and Disorders incident to the human Body,32 which attracted the attention of John Wesley, the founder of Methodism.

Bedlam Catharine Arnold 2008

I cannot deny but that something may be said in defence of our cities, [568] that they are not so fair built, (for the sole magnificence of this kingdom (concerning buildings) hath been of old in those Norman castles and religious houses,) so rich, thick sited, populous, as in some other countries; besides the reasons Cardan gives, Subtil.

Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

This Subtil also pretends the chieftain was more inclined to French than English interests.

Travels in the Great Desert of Sahara, in the Years of 1845 and 1846 James Richardson 1828

"Le Renard Subtil is a great chief"! returned the Indian; "he will go and bring his young men, to see how bravely a pale face can laugh at tortures".

The Last of the Mohicans 1826

"" La Longue Carabine "! his rifle is good, and his eye never shut; but, like the short gun of the white chief, it is nothing against the life of Le Subtil".

The Last of the Mohicans 1826

"Le Renard Subtil does not eat", he said, using the appellation he had found most flattering to the vanity of the Indian.

The Last of the Mohicans 1826

"I can now read the whole of it, as plainly as if I had seen the arts of Le Subtil", he added; "the singer being a man whose gifts lay chiefly in his throat and feet, was made to go first, and the others have trod in his steps, imitating their formation".

The Last of the Mohicans 1826

"Woman", he said, "chose; the wigwam or the knife of Le Subtil"!

The Last of the Mohicans 1826