Example Sentences

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Her aunt Bertram had recollected her on this occasion with an unusual degree of wakefulness.

From Mansfield Park by Austen, Jane

I would not have spoken of it now if I had recollected myself; but I am so accustomed to think and speak of it, that it came out before I knew it.

From Queechy, Volume II by Warner, Susan

This alteration of the highway was an injury which Meg did not easily forgive to the country gentlemen, most of whom she had recollected when children.

From St. Ronan's Well by Scott, Walter, Sir

However unguarded and unprepared had been his retinue, they had recollected themselves sufficiently to detain Edwin in the avenue of the mansion, till they had received the orders of their lord.

From Imogen A Pastoral Romance by Godwin, William

But I had become an Indian, and until I heard that I was to undertake this journey, I had recollected the former scenes of my youth only to despise them.

From Travels and Adventures of Monsieur Violet by Marryat, Frederick