Recollecting

Examples

• My dear, said Mrs. Shelby, recollecting herself, forgive me. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• If you only knew how I have loved that man--' Don't distress yourself by recollecting it, ma'am,' said the bodyguard. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• This idea settled me for that night, at least, and I fell asleep without dreaming of Meyler, and awoke almost without recollecting his existence. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• Stop a bit,' replied Sam, suddenly recollecting himself. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• I was not long in recollecting Mrs. Steerforth's little parlour-maid, who had formerly worn blue ribbons in her cap. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• But no,--recollecting herself--that could never be; my uncle and aunt would have been lost to me; I should not have been allowed to invite them. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
• He scowled at first; then, as if recollecting something, he said-- Right, right! Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• He stopped short, as if suddenly recollecting something, and said--'By the bye--can't spare ten pounds, can you? Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• We are, to be sure, a miracle every way; but our powers of recollecting and of forgetting do seem peculiarly past finding out. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
• I understand, cried her uncle, recollecting himself, and not wanting to hear more: I understand. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
• No, no, said Dorothea, recollecting herself, and laying her hand on her sister's a moment, but he does not talk equally well on all subjects. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• Then, recollecting herself, she turned to him rather radiantly, but still quite superficially, and said: 'Was it anything special? D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• But I waste your time, Sir,' said the grave man, as if suddenly recollecting himself. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• I was surprised to find these were not the governor's letters; and, after recollecting and comparing circumstances, I began to doubt his sincerity. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• His whole being seemed to be absorbed in the agony of recollecting, and in the effort to speak. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• But, she continued, recollecting herself, as we know none of the particulars, it is not fair to condemn him. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.

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