impressibility

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"The omens are all good," said Josephine, who really had in her nature a shade of impressibility, if not of superstition.

From Shoulder-Straps A Novel of New York and the Army, 1862 by Morford, Henry

Superior impressibility is then the result of a superior development of the organs which feel the various impressions.

From Buchanan's Journal of Man, January 1888 Volume 1, Number 12 by Buchanan, Joseph R. (Joseph Rodes)

A moderate degree of impressibility which is almost universal in the South, belongs to more than half in the North.

From Buchanan's Journal of Man, January 1888 Volume 1, Number 12 by Buchanan, Joseph R. (Joseph Rodes)

Such methods are limited in their effect in proportion to human impressibility and cannot possibly supersede all use of remedies which  reach thousands of cases in which mental operations would be entirely futile.

From Buchanan's Journal of Man, June 1887 Volume 1, Number 6 by Buchanan, Joseph R. (Joseph Rodes)

Mental impressibility is dependent upon intellectual organs, which feel the influences of mind.

From Buchanan's Journal of Man, January 1888 Volume 1, Number 12 by Buchanan, Joseph R. (Joseph Rodes)