be sensible of
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Inspired by Jean Jacques Rousseau's dedicated frankness, Bozzy deemed it "fine to be sensible of all one's various sentiments and to analyze them."
From Time Magazine Archive
What a tender and vigilant nurse was she, to one who could no longer be sensible of, or appreciate her attentions!
From Ten Thousand a-Year. Volume 1. by Warren, Samuel
He may be fully aware of the judiciousness of the system, and be sensible of its great advantages, but the many imperious calls upon his time would preclude his pursuing it in all its details.
From The Dog by Dinks
Began to be sensible of the pleasures of my situation—felt as if my boots were full of ice water, my nose a Croton water pipe, and my fingers carrot-shaped icicles.
From Doesticks, What He Says by Doesticks, Q. K. Philander
Thus, you see, that we can never be sensible of �rial tides by the barometer, on account of the equality of pressure of the atmosphere, whatever be its height.
From Conversations on Natural Philosophy, in which the Elements of that Science are Familiarly Explained by Jones, Thomas P.
