supersensual

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This, then, was the type of Madonna, of the supersensual and sublimated Virgins of Cologne!

From The Cathedral by Huysmans, J.-K. (Joris-Karl)

If he looked happy, he looked it in his own supersensual way.

From The Creators A Comedy by Sinclair, May

It alone extends the narrow horizon of their thoughts, supplies the images of their dreams, allures them to the supersensual and the ideal.

From History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 2 of 2) by Lecky, William Edward Hartpole

Hence followed an ascetic morality, and a supersensual philosophy.

From History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 1 of 2) by Lecky, William Edward Hartpole

Thou supersensual, sensual wooer, A girl by the nose is leading thee.

From Faust; a Tragedy, Translated from the German of Goethe by Brooks, Charles Timothy