And speaking of sensibility

Lo and behold, after mentioning these rather old examples of poetry doesn't the issue of sensibility immediately come up:

She had reached the age of seventeen, without having seen one amiable youth who could call forth her sensibility; without having inspired one real passion, and without having excited even any admiration but what was very moderate and very transient.

And here I can't help pointing out that this, the very first reference to sensibility in all Austen, has a clear sexual connotation.

What is sensibility for Austen? The more I read, the more complex it seems. The only thing I'm (mostly) sure of is that sensibility is a virtue and all the Austen heroines seem to have it, although perhaps Emma a little less. But Catherine Morland, both Dashwood girls, Elizabeth, Fanny all have it.