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31Subtlety — Sub tle*ty, n.; pl. {Subtleties}. [OE. sotelte, sutilte, OF. sotillete, L. subtilitas. See {Subtle}, and cf. {Subtility}.] 1. The quality or state of being subtle, or sly; cunning; craftiness; artfulness. [1913 Webster] The fox which lives by… …
32Tricksy — Trick sy, a. [From {Trick}.] Exhibiting artfulness; trickish. My tricksy spirit! Shak. [1913 Webster] he tricksy policy which in the seventeenth century passed for state wisdom. Coleridge. [1913 Webster] …
33Unsimplicity — Un sim*plic i*ty, n. Absence of simplicity; artfulness. C. Kingsley. [1913 Webster] …
34Vulpinism — Vul pin*ism, n. The quality of being cunning like the fox; craft; artfulness. [R.] [1913 Webster] He was without guile, and had no vulpinism at all. Carlyle. [1913 Webster] …
35artful — adjective Date: 1609 1. performed with or showing art or skill < an artful performance on the violin > 2. a. using or characterized by art and skill ; dexterous < an artful prose stylist > b. adroit in attaining an end …
36dexterous — also dextrous adjective Etymology: Latin dextr , dexter on the right side, skillful Date: 1609 1. mentally adroit and skillful ; clever < her dexterous handling of the crisis > 2. done with dexterity ; a …
37Eugene Onegin — This article is about the novel in verse by Alexander Pushkin. For the opera by Pyotr Tchaikovsky, see Eugene Onegin (opera). For the 1958 film opera, see Eugene Onegin (film). For the 1999 film based on the novel, see Onegin (film). Eugene… …
38Viktor Shklovsky — Viktor Borisovich Shklovsky (or Shklovskii; Russian: Виктор Борисович Шкловский; Saint Petersburg, 24 January [O.S. 12 January] 1893; Moscow, 6 December 1984) was a Russian and Soviet critic, writer, and pam …
39Robert Smith Surtees — (May 17, 1803 March 16, 1864) was an English editor, novelist and sporting writer. He was the second son of Anthony Surtees of Hamsterley Hall, a member of an old County Durham family.Surtees attended school at Ovingham and Durham School before… …
40J. C. Squire — Sir John Squire (John Collings Squire) (April 2, 1884 – December 20, 1958) was a British poet, writer, historian, and influential literary editor of the post World War I period. Biography Born in Plymouth, he was educated at Blundell s School and …
