All 6 Uses of
perception
in
Bleak House
- My guardian, with his sweet temper and his quick perception and his amiable face, made something agreeable even out of the ungenial company.†
Chpt 28-30 *
- As she looks at him so steadily and coldly, he not only feels conscious that he has no guide in the least perception of what is really the complexion of her thoughts, but also that he is being every moment, as it were, removed further and further from her.†
Chpt 31-33
- But Coodle knew the danger, and Doodle knew the danger, and all their followers and hangers-on had the clearest possible perception of the danger.†
Chpt 40-42
- "A proposal which, as you correctly informed me at the time, he had the becoming taste and perception," observes Sir Leicester, "to decline.†
Chpt 40-42
- I saw that after their first greetings were over, and when they spoke of Richard's career, Mr. Woodcourt had a perception that all was not going well with him.†
Chpt 43-45
- Mrs. Bagnet shows her white teeth cheerfully, but to the perception of her son, betrays so much uneasiness of spirit that he is impelled by the dictates of affection to ask her, with his eyes, what is the matter, thus standing, with his eyes wide open, more oblivious of the fowls than before, and not affording the least hope of a return to consciousness.†
Chpt 49-51
Definition:
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(perception as in: perception of injustice) a belief or opinion formed by viewing things a certain way