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Then Noel remembered himself, and in perfect recollectedness and self-possession he took her hands and kissed them, first one and then the other.

From A Beautiful Alien by Magruder, Julia

She raised by degrees a leaden and inexpressive eye, to the objects that were about her, without having as yet spirit and recollectedness enough to distinguish them.

From Imogen A Pastoral Romance by Godwin, William

And then in the midst of it Dallas came in, with his slovenly dress and horrible pipe, and Christine, with an awful look of recollectedness, came back to reality.

From A Beautiful Alien by Magruder, Julia