pervious

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He hath also flesh to steel660 Pervious, within it but a single life, And men report him mortal, howsoe'er Saturnian Jove lift him to glory now.

From The Iliad of Homer Translated into English Blank Verse by William Cowper by Cowper, William

Sar.‍And all this is left200 Pervious to the assailants?

From The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 5 Poetry by Coleridge, Ernest Hartley

Yet be blessèd to the height Of all good and all delight Pervious to thy nature; Only loved beyond that line, With a love that answers thine, Loving fellow-creature!

From Heads and Tales : or, Anecdotes and Stories of Quadrupeds and Other Beasts, Chiefly Connected with Incidents in the Histories of More or Less Distinguished Men. by White, Adam

XX Yet be blessed to the height Of all good and all delight Pervious to thy nature; Only loved beyond that line, With a love that answers thine, Loving fellow-creature!

From The Dog's Book of Verse by Various