insensibility

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Insensibility could have been produced only by swallowing large quantities of the liquid, which dripped into the nose and mouth when the sponge was applied, and a lethal quantity might thus be swallowed.

From A History of Science — Volume 2 by Williams, Henry Smith

But the Picts behold all things with the same Air, whether they are Joyful or Sad; the same fixed Insensibility appears upon all Occasions.

From The Spectator, Volume 1 Eighteenth-Century Periodical Essays by Addison, Joseph

He endured this till exhausted nature could bear no longer, when Insensibility kindly stepped in to his aid.

From Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions — Volume 2 by Mackay, Charles

Insensibility soon followed this exhortation, and he was carried home, but recovered ultimately.

From Wrestling and Wrestlers: Biographical Sketches of Celebrated Athletes of the Northern Ring; to Which is Added Notes on Bull and Badger Baiting by Gilpin, Sidney

Insensibility has been justly noted by M. Bergson as an essential characteristic of him who laughs.

From Introduction to the Science of Sociology by Park, Robert Ezra