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"Section F, G and H"

Burke.


And mine as man, who feel for all
mankind.
Pope.


3. To be conscious of an inward impression,
state of mind, persuasion, physical condition, etc.; to perceive
one's self to be; -- followed by an adjective describing the state,
etc.; as, to feel assured, grieved, persuaded.


I then did feel full sick.

Shak.


4. To know with feeling; to be conscious;
hence, to know certainly or without misgiving.


Garlands . . . which I feel

I am not worthy yet to wear.
Shak.


5. To appear to the touch; to give a
perception; to produce an impression by the nerves of sensation; --
followed by an adjective describing the kind of sensation.


Blind men say black feels rough, and white
feels smooth.
Dryden.


To feel after, to search for; to seek to
find; to seek as a person groping in the dark.
"If haply they
might feel after him, and find him." Acts xvii.
27.


-- To feel of, to examine by
touching.


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