sense (n.) Old form(s): sence, Sences
mind, power of reason, wits
Cym V.iv.149[Posthumus alone] senseless speaking, or a speaking such / As sense cannot untie
Ham V.i.244[Laertes to the body of Ophelia, of Hamlet] that cursed head / Whose wicked deed thy most ingenious sense / Deprived thee of
JC III.ii.17[Brutus to all] Censure me in your wisdom, and awake your senses, that you may the better judge
TC IV.v.54.1[Nestor to Ulysses, of Cressida] A woman of quick sense [also: feeling]
TN IV.i.61[Sebastian to himself] Let fancy still my sense in Lethe steep
TNK III.ii.29[Gaoler's Daughter alone] let not my sense unsettle
WT V.iii.72[Leontes to Paulina, of Hermione's statue being alive] No settled senses of the world can match / The pleasure of that madness
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