While, in the revolutions which have so changed the affairs of mankind on our globe, (and probably in its satellite,) the art has been lost, faint traces of its existence may be perceived in the opinions of the vulgar, and in many of their ordinary forms of expression.

Of late (for some few months, that is) the giant toad has been turning something over in his mind, as one may perceive from his cogitative demeanour.

I saw it was the Nigger, and perceived at the same instant that he was almost beside himself with terror.

Mike advanced round the left-side edge of the curtain; he had perceived by now that it formed the back of some structure, though he could not yet see of what nature the structure was; nor was he now examining.

They stripped him, and perceived with astonishment that not one single weal or scar was visible anywhere on his person.

But what was the horror of the party, when they perceived on the unfortunate bit of British territory, a plate, which had stuck fast by reason of a covering of the juice of plum-pie, and a fork which was rammed firmly into the earth!

It would be perceived as a fact, if we were in a proper position and endowed with the requisite means of following the planet in its course; but not having this power, we are reduced to infer the unapparent points in its course from the points which are apparent.

I must have toiled for many miles in this dreary fashion, sometimes coming upon shallower mud and sometimes upon deeper, but never making my way on to the dry, when I perceived through the gloom something which turned my heart even heavier than it had been before.

It is sufficient to read the works of German writers, including Treitschke himself, to perceive for what a long period of time the German lands, anxious for peace, have considered France as the country always eager for war and conquest.

Now you perceive To what a desperate state your headlong Counsells And rash designes have brought us: to stand out now Were to no purpose, for, alas, they have Too pregnant prooffes against us.

Something like this you must have perceived of me in conversation.

Clotilde had just finished arranging the little garments on the table when, lifting her eyes, she perceived before her the pastel of old King David, with his hand resting on the shoulder of Abishag the young Shunammite.

Being the one honest man in the communitythe one man who creates, not only his own food but the food of others besides, and who knows the value of his work, he perceives without illusion the foolery of War, the hideous waste of it, the shocking toll of agony and loss which it inflictsand if left to himself would as a rule have no hand in it.

" Anne said, and again, as she perceived within the moment, a thought too expeditiously: "I wish you wouldn't bring them here, Colonel Musgrave.

The eruption will first be perceived about the head and face, in the form of small red spots, at first distinct from each other, but soon coalescing, and forming patches of an irregular crescent-like or semilunar figure, of a dull red colour, and slightly elevated (giving a sensation of hardness to the finger), while portions of the skin intervening between them will retain their natural appearance.

And travellers still perceive among the inhabitants of modern Greece, deteriorated and debased as they are by political servitude, many of those qualities which distinguished their predecessors: the same natural acutenessthe same sensibility to pleasurethe same pliancy of mind and elasticity of bodythe same aptitude for the arts of imitationand the same striking physiognomy.

What possible resemblance can the understanding perceive between these sounds and colors?

At first the attraction of the former was so great that that of the Sun was no more perceived than upon the Earth's surface.

" The poet exaggerates in a very singular manner the evil which he perceives around him, and one might aver that, far from bordering upon old age, chivalry was then almost in the very zenith of its glory.

He was about to open the cell, when he perceived near it the tall figure of the enthusiast.

The inlet, which was perceived during the ceremony of the tropic, which was a little tardy, is the gulf of St. Cyprian, into which the currents appear to set.

No one acquainted with the early legends and ballads of our race, but must perceive throughout them all the prevailing tone of fear and sadness.

And, indeed, no doubt should there be upon this matter; yet who might not have doubt in that time, that they should perceive after an eternity, that ancient Northward Force swaying that small servant unto an olden obedience.

Guided by the convulsive efforts of the sufferer, Bloundel tore off his clothes, and after a moment's search, perceived under the left arm a livid pustule.

This was followed by a sound like that occasioned by fastening a rope-ladder against the wall, and the next moment two figures were perceived above it.