| There was the scent of sweet bay in the room, and everywhere the subtile, nameless perfume of the sea. |
| Ardent spirit is a poison so diffusive and subtile that it is found, by actual experiment, to penetrate even the brain. |
| It was almost May, and that subtile, inexplainable joy of the springtime made it a gladness even to be alive. |
| A wordless question is asked, a subtile understanding is vouchsafed. |
| With the cold and critical she would have lost her subtile charm. |
| Inferable from these statements, are many collateral subtile matters touching the chase of whales. |
