Both Uses of
subtle
in
Nicholas Nickleby
- Such is hope, Heaven's own gift to struggling mortals; pervading, like some subtle essence from the skies, all things, both good and bad; as universal as death, and more infectious than disease!†
Chpt 19 *
- The good lady then, with the preliminary observation that she might be fairly supposed not to have lived in the world so long without knowing its ways, communicated a great many subtle precepts applicable to the state of courtship, and confirmed in their wisdom by her own personal experience.†
Chpt 28
Definition:
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(subtle as in: a subtle shade of blue) understated so as not to draw excess attention