Both Uses of
perception
in
Mansfield Park
- At first, it was a sort of stupefaction; but every moment was quickening her perception of the horrible evil.
Chpt 46perception = understanding
- Fanny had been everywhere awake to the difference of the country since February; but when they entered the Park her perceptions and her pleasures were of the keenest sort.
Chpt 46 *perceptions = observations (of things sensed)
Definition:
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(perception as in: perception of external stimuli) something that someone senses; or the act of sensing