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

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.

He was Anglo-Saxon enough, Puritan and student of history enough to be sensible of the efficacy of blood and iron, at times, in the cure of intolerable ills.

From Charles Sumner Centenary The American Negro Academy. Occasional Papers No. 14 by Grimké, Archibald Henry

Yes," I answered, "it is a proof of the goodness of God to us; but to be sensible of His goodness is a far greater blessing.

From The Little Gleaner, Vol. X. A Monthly Magazine for the Young by Various

I began to see things in their true relation once again, and even to be sensible of feelings I had so long outlived that I almost forgot that I had ever known them.

From The Wayfarers by Snaith, J. C.