appetence

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"In the mean time, says he, as sensitive appetence, and sensibility, are frequently confounded with natural perception, in this irritation of the fibres," he divides it into three kinds, viz.

From North American Medical and Surgical Journal, Vol. 2, No. 3, July, 1826 by Bache, Franklin

For perception in any subject is vain, unless it can desire, and appetence is useless, unless it can move.

From North American Medical and Surgical Journal, Vol. 2, No. 3, July, 1826 by Bache, Franklin

But know you not that creatures wanting sense, By nature have a mutual appetence, And, wanting organs to advance a step, Mov'd by love's force, unto each other lep?

From The Works of Christopher Marlowe, Vol. 3 (of 3) by Bullen, A. H. (Arthur Henry)

But know you not that creatures wanting sense By nature have a mutual appetence, And, wanting organs to advance a step, Moved by love's force unto each other lep?

From Hero and Leander by Marlowe, Christopher

Thus we may perceive that the triunit consisting of perception, appetence, and motion, constitutes the celebrated irritability of our author.

From North American Medical and Surgical Journal, Vol. 2, No. 3, July, 1826 by Bache, Franklin