Remembrances
[rɪ'membrənsɪz]
Examples
- Suppose she only wanted to see me and to speak to me, for the sake of old remembrances? Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- The question instantly awakened one of my dormant remembrances in connection with the birthday festival. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Say kind remembrances, if you please, Young John. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Yet it was busy, too, with all the remembrances the place naturally awakened; and they were particularly distinct and vivid. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- It was no laughing matter with Estella now, nor was she summoning these remembrances from any shallow place. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- I took my leave of Mr. Micawber, for the time, charging him with my best remembrances to all at home. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Her remembrances of home and childhood were remembrances of the drying up of every spring and fountain in her young heart as it gushed out. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- His looks and tones, his dress, what he said and how--these relics and remembrances of dead affection were all that were left her in the world. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- But he sent over endless remembrances of himself to his godson and to her. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- I noticed, too, that several rings and seals hung at his watch-chain, as if he were quite laden with remembrances of departed friends. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- Daylight never entered the house as to my thoughts and remembrances of it, any more than as to the actual fact. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- She was in a reverie of sweet remembrances. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- Remembrances of Our House, of Master George, of Aunt Jane, of Uncle Parker, all laid waste! Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Brussels, Waterloo, old, old times, griefs, pangs, remembrances, rushed back into Amelia's gentle heart and caused a cruel agitation there. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Which occasionally gets the better of better remembrances. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Old remembrances of what, sir? Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- He tossed his little nosegay of wild flowers away from him, as if the remembrances which it recalled were remembrances which hurt him now. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- I shouldn't have expected that _you_ would bring up all these remembrances of my troubles to me,--it's so inconsiderate! Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- The wheeled chair had its associated remembrances and reveries, one may suppose, as every place that is made the station of a human being has. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- I shall trust my remembrances then, my sweet nurse, in your hands, and I well know they couldn't be in better. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- It was very wrong of me, you know, to keep any remembrances, after he was married. Jane Austen. Emma.
- Since then, I have been a mere disfigured piece of furniture between you both; having no eyes, no ears, no feelings, no remembrances. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- But see how they glisten with old remembrances! Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Nothing remained of last night but remembrances, which she had nobody to share in. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- Very interesting remembrances! Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- My heart is touched now, by many remembrances that had long fallen asleep, of my pretty young mother (and I so old! Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
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