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Meanings of quick sensibility in English

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Usage of quick sensibility in English
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He divined this with the quick sensibility that marks all deformed people.
The Blue Pavilions
2
His emotions, his imagination, his entire oratorical temperament were then full of quick sensibility.
Daniel Webster
3
The power that predominated in his intellectual operations, was rather strong reason than quick sensibility.
Lives of the Poets, Volume 1
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He had genius, strong passions, quick sensibility, and vehement enthusiasm for the grand and the beautiful.
Critical and Historical Essays — Volume 1
5
Today's Russia has swung to a different extreme, permeated with a get-rich- quick sensibility, and awash in information.
Wired
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This quick sensibility of genius has suppressed the voice of poets in reciting their most pathetic passages.
Literary Character of Men of Genius / Drawn from Their Own Feeli...
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With quick sensibility of the ludicrous, he blushed at the ardor into which he had been betrayed.
The Great Stone Face, and Other Tales of the White Mountains
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And yet, with that quick sensibility which only the generous possess, Uncle Roland accepted at once the proposal.
The Caxtons: A Family Picture — Volume 03
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Columbus was a man of quick sensibility, liable to great excitement, to sudden and strong impressions, and powerful impulses.
The Life and Voyages of Christopher Columbus (Volume II)
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Of the ladies that sparkle at a musical performance, a very small number has any quick sensibility of harmonious sounds.
The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. in Nine Volumes, Volume 04 / ...
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With the quick sensibility peculiar to his temperament, he perceived his power in the brilliant circle to be on the wane.
The Last Man
12
The Empress Queen had the faults as well as the virtues which are connected with quick sensibility and a high spirit.
Critical and Historical Essays — Volume 2
13
They possess a quick sensibility to the beauties of nature, and a keen relish for the pleasures and employments of the country.
The Sketch-Book of Geoffrey Crayon
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He had all the quick sensibility which belongs to the poetic temperament, and longed to be loved that he might love again.
Milton
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With his quick sensibilities, there was no need for me to express myself in words.
Poor Miss Finch
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But, fortunately for Juliet's quicker sensibilities, no one passed by in the hour Romeo was gone.
Old Rose and Silver
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