Forgets
[fə'ɡets]
Examples
- Whoever forgets that is less than human. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Everybody changes, everybody forgets; nobody has any heart. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Mrs. Bagnet forgets the day to the extent of filling a pipe and a glass for Mr. Bucket and waiting upon him hospitably. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Her aunt Shaw loved her well in her own quiet way; but she forgets to love the absent. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- Then a soul which forgets cannot be ranked among genuine philosophic natures; we must insist that the philosopher should have a good memory? Plato. The Republic.
- I agreed to do his washing and mending, but he forgets to give out his things and I forget to look them over, so he comes to a sad pass sometimes. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- My dear Isabella, I have not heard you make one inquiry about Mr. Perry yet; and he never forgets you. Jane Austen. Emma.
- Dear Maurice, he never forgets me! Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- I note that circumstance for future use in my memory, which forgets nothing, and proceed. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- If I desert her, sir, do you suppose she forgets me? William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- It forgets the difference between voting the Socialist ticket and understanding Socialism. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- He forgets nothing that is disinterested and good. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- He never forgets anything. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- He is a good and a great man; but he forgets, pitilessly, the feelings and claims of little people, in pursuing his own large views. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- It is mere illusion and pretty sentiment, he observes, to expect much (even anything at all) from mankind if it forgets how to make war. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Her cousin Edmund never forgets her. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- There's a warrior for you, said the Demarch, with a hearty laugh; he forgets the modern substitute for a shield. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- Beth is as regular about her tasks as a clock, and never forgets what you told her. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- I should have known you anywhere, she continued; a woman never forgets some things. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- If ever he forgets it--if ever he injures a hair of her head! Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- You see one forgets to particularize an old woman and her boy. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- One becomes accustomed and one forgets. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
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