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While Mr. Silby was speaking, Duncan had been recalling all the events which had transpired during their flight, and endeavoring to trace, step by step, all that they had done.

From The Burglar's Fate And The Detectives by Pinkerton, Allan

Evidently, then, it had been last night that I saw Melbourne, and the strange other-life I had been recalling earlier had been the experience in the Chamber of Life.

From The Chamber of Life by Briggs, Austin

"Dinah was far more clever than her books," said an old friend who had been recalling pleasant memories to repeat to me.

From Women Novelists of Queen Victoria's Reign A Book of Appreciations by Alexander, Mrs.

She had been recalling several things and putting them together.

From Chicken Little Jane on the Big John by Ritchie, Lily Munsell

They had been recalling old memories and events of the past, and when Cardo's footsteps were heard in the passage, they turned with expectant eyes towards the door.

From By Berwen Banks by Raine, Allen