1 She had hoped that, to a man like her uncle, so discerning, so honourable, so good, the simple acknowledgment of settled dislike on her side would have been sufficient.
2 If it be so, I am sure you must be included in that part, that discerning part, and therefore entreat you to let me know how far I have been rightly informed.
3 His tone, his expressions, his choice of subject, his knowing where to stop; it was all the operation of a sensible, discerning mind.
4 Most timidities have such secret compensations, and Miss Bart was discerning enough to know that the inner vanity is generally in proportion to the outer self-depreciation.
5 To Gerty Farish, keeping watch over her with a tenderer if less discerning eye than Mrs. Fisher's, the results of the struggle were already distinctly visible.
6 You are so discerning, Prince, and understand people's characters so well at a glance.
7 The hatred and contempt of the crowd punish such men for discerning the higher laws.
8 Elizabeth, who had expected to find in her as acute and unembarrassed an observer as ever Mr. Darcy had been, was much relieved by discerning such different feelings.
9 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.
10 For this the people thought a base course, not discerning the advantage resulting from it, which Fabius could by no argument make plain to them.
Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Livius By Niccolo MachiavelliContext Highlight In BOOK 1: CHAPTER LIII. 11 Edmund did not discern any symptoms of regret, and thought his father a little unreasonable in supposing the first three or four days could produce any.
12 But the magistrate was half blind and half childish, so he couldn't reasonably be expected to discern what other people did.
13 They went by her, and at the moment of passing appeared to discern her dusky form.
Return of the Native By Thomas HardyContext Highlight In BOOK 2: 3 How a Little Sound Produced a Great Dream 14 On the further side of a table bearing candles she could faintly discern faces, and that was all.
Return of the Native By Thomas HardyContext Highlight In BOOK 2: 5 Through the Moonlight 15 Looking from one of them he could discern a pale, tragic face watching him drive away.
Return of the Native By Thomas HardyContext Highlight In BOOK 5: 1 "Wherefore Is Light Given to Him That Is in Misery"