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So shall your thorns be known only to each other in such fragrant clustering, and never known at all to Men unless they insensately persist in giving you their hands.

From Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 20, August 13, 1870 by Various

All nature seemed glad—cruelly, mockingly, insensately glad—lightsome, jubilant.

From The Shadow of a Crime A Cumbrian Romance by Caine, Hall, Sir

Far from being satisfied with words and tone, which were correctness itself, Io was insensately exasperated.

From Success A Novel by Adams, Samuel Hopkins

Oh! doesn't it all seem too insensately brutal?

From Mufti by McNeile, H. C. (Herman Cyril)

The dancers' ranks were thinned; but those who remained, gyrated as insensately as ever.

From Maurice Guest by Richardson, Henry Handel