We reduce digestion to thought; we subtilise secretions. From Wordnik.com. [Tentation de saint Antoine. English] Reference
My boy, do not listen to those who, like me, subtilise on the good and the evil. From Wordnik.com. [The Queen Pedauque] Reference
Let people argue and subtilise upon the matter as much as they please, yet they never will persuade a man of sense that the. From Wordnik.com. [The Existence of God] Reference
What should not we see if we could still subtilise and improve more and more the instruments that help out weak and dull sight?. From Wordnik.com. [The Existence of God] Reference
It was just the touch needed to add a sense of mystic instability to the earth and to subtilise the prosaic farmland into the realm of illusion. From Wordnik.com. [The Jessica Letters: An Editor's Romance] Reference
Let people subtilise upon the matter as much as they please, yet they never will persuade a man of sense that the "Iliad" was the mere result of chance. From Wordnik.com. [The World's Greatest Books — Volume 13 — Religion and Philosophy] Reference
Our poets subtilise and exaggerate the sentiment, whilst agreeably to the real Italian character, it is a rapid and profound impression, which rather expresses itself by silent and passionate actions than by ingenious language. From Wordnik.com. [Corinne, Volume 1 (of 2) Or Italy] Reference
Do not listen to those who, like myself, subtilise over good and evil. ". From Wordnik.com. [The Queen Pedauque] Reference
A speck of matter I would subtilise. From Wordnik.com. [Fables of La Fontaine — a New Edition, with Notes] Reference
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