supersensual

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His pattern, which is to please the supersensual ear, is yet addressed, throughout and first of all, to the demands of logic.

From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 16 (of 25) by Stevenson, Robert Louis

In his supersensual way he had cared for her; and her nature, with all its murkiness, had responded to the supersensual appeal.

From The Creators A Comedy by Sinclair, May

In no merely figurative sense did she regard herself as the spouse of Christ, but dwelt upon the bliss, beyond all mortal happiness, which she enjoyed in supersensual communion with her Lord.

From Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, Third series by Symonds, John Addington

It is no easy appropriation of supersensual graces, but a deeper entering into the mystery of life, a richer, more profound, participation in pain, effort, as well as joy.

From Ruysbroeck by Underhill, Evelyn

Hence followed an ascetic morality, and a supersensual philosophy.

From History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 1 of 2) by Lecky, William Edward Hartpole