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  • Jasper went to work energetically, at once, perceiv -

    The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson 1893

  • But drawing requires that you look at something for a long time, perceiv - ing lots of details, registering as much information as possible - ideally, everything, as Albrecht Durer tried to do here.

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  • I'll give complete instructions for the fourth perceptual skill, perceiv - ing lights and shadows, in the next chapter.

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  • With a single snapshot, the impact should be negligible; the increase in resources would probably be measurable, but it's unlikely it would be perceiv - able.

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  • With a single snapshot, the impact should be negligible; the increase in resources would probably be measurable, but it's unlikely it would be perceiv - able.

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  • With a single snapshot, the impact should be negligible; the increase in resources would probably be measurable, but it's unlikely it would be perceiv - able.

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  • The want of ordiodoxy in these writers was early perceiv - ed, and sometimes complained of, and somedmes excused by their successors, and sometimes attributed to Arian interpolation*

    The General Repository and Review 1813

  • J did not oppose him, for it was perceiv - ed, both by myself and my stepmother, that notwithstanding the sincere pleasure with which he participated in my happi - ness, yet in despite of his wishes, his spirits sunk in contemplating it, and that he sought to hide the emotions he could not conquer.

    Says she to her neighbour, What? .. 1812

  • Mr. Addington entered nothing, and professed before the Council that was so surprized And 'twas such a sudden Gust, that scarce knew what he said: and all say 'twas extream sudden and tumultuous: I perceiv Sundry Oaths are taking, what avail they'll be of as to things done in Court, I know not.

    Collections of the Massachusetts Historical Society 1792

  • It was juft recovering from this difmal iituation that I found them; but perceiv - ing every thing fafe/I own their prefent mortification my Lady, fell into a found; bat Sir Tom -

    The vicar of Wakefield: A Tale 1791

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