All 4 Uses of
perception
in
A Tale of Two Cities
- Some minutes of silent work had passed: and the haggard eyes had looked up again: not with any interest or curiosity, but with a dull mechanical perception, beforehand, that the spot where the only visitor they were aware of had stood, was not yet empty.†
Chpt 1.6
- Notwithstanding Miss Pross's denial of her own imagination, there was a perception of the pain of being monotonously haunted by one sad idea, in her repetition of the phrase, walking up and down, which testified to her possessing such a thing.†
Chpt 2.6
- This was done without any demonstrative accompaniment, not long enough, or often enough to harass him; and it lightened Mr. Lorry's friendly heart to believe that he looked up oftener, and that he appeared to be stirred by some perception of inconsistencies surrounding him.†
Chpt 2.18
- Madame Defarge looked at her scornfully, but still with something of Miss Pross's own perception that they two were at bay.†
Chpt 3.14 *
Definition:
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(perception as in: perception of injustice) a belief or opinion formed by viewing things a certain way