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What stuck with her some time, was, she could not tell how to conclude this History Authentick, much less sacred; But we made it plain to her, how it had pass'd through so many Ages, though oppos'd by the greatest of Human Powers, subtilest Knowledge, and its

The Lining of the Patch-Work Screen 2008

What stuck with her some time, was, she could not tell how to conclude this History Authentick, much less sacred; But we made it plain to her, how it had pass'd through so many Ages, though oppos'd by the greatest of Human Powers, subtilest Knowledge, and its

The Lining of the Patch-Work Screen 2008

He was the farthest reach of subtlety compatible with an individual self, — the subtilest of authors, and only just within the possibility of authorship.

Representative Men 2006

The poet knew very well what happens in such a case; for when those that come wet out of the sea stand in the sun, the subtilest and lightest parts suddenly exhale, but the salt and rough particles stick upon the body in a crust, till they are washed away by the fresh water of a spring.

Symposiacs 2004

The poet knew very well what happens in such a case; for when those that come wet out of the sea stand in the sun, the subtilest and lightest parts suddenly exhale, but the salt and rough particles stick upon the body in a crust, till they are washed away by the fresh water of a spring.

Essays and Miscellanies 2004

But to justify the ways of Providence respecting them, by pointing out some irrefragable reason for thus making such a large portion of mankind accountable and not accountable, would puzzle the subtilest casuist.

A Vindication of the Rights of Woman 2002

She took yellow honeysuckles from a vase of massed amethyst and began to weave them in her yellow hair, -- humming a tune, the while, that was full of the subtilest curves of sound.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 11, No. 67, May, 1863 Various

The lines in which holiest passion, subtilest thought, divinest activity have recorded in the face their existence and presence, are hieroglyphs unintelligible to one who has not kindled with that passion, been rapt in that thought, or swept away in sympathy with that activity; he may follow the lines, but must certainly miss their meaning.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 19, May, 1859 Various

The distinction between the true and the false portraitist is that between expression of something felt and representation of something seen; and as the subtilest and noblest part of the human soul can only be felt, as the signs of it in the face can be recognized and translated only by sympathy, so no mere painter can ever succeed in expressing in its fulness the character of any great man.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 19, May, 1859 Various

What stuff is the man made of who is not coexistent in our thought with the purest and subtilest truth?

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 72, October, 1863 Various