Both Uses
discerning
in
Frankenstein - 1831 version
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- I believe it to be an intuitive discernment, a quick but never-failing power of judgment, a penetration into the causes of things, unequalled for clearness and precision; add to this a facility of expression and a voice whose varied intonations are soul-subduing music.
p. 30.8discernment = perception of things not easily perceived by most people
- Clerval, whose eyes and feelings were always quick in discerning the sensations of others, declined the subject, alleging, in excuse, his total ignorance; and the conversation took a more general turn.†
p. 69.5 *
Definitions:
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(1)
(discerning) showing good judgment or good taste and/or the perception of things not easily perceived by most people
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)