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These attitudes are revisited in Dead Poets Society, which assiduously apes the manner of this antique genre, and they may put off viewers who will recollect having heard this song before.

From Time Magazine Archive

Many of the persons present at Champoeg on the 5th of July, 1843, will recollect this speech, and the strong and emphatic manner in which it was delivered.

From A History of Oregon, 1792-1849 Drawn From Personal Observation and Authentic Information by Gray, William Henry

The readers of the Wandering Jew will recollect that Rodin established a press in Paris, for the ostensible purpose of inculcating truth, and advancing the public good.

From Auricular Confession and Popish Nunneries Volumes I. and II., Complete by Hogan, William

The reader will recollect the widow with her birds, who appeared so often in the narrative of the escaping party.

From North-Pole Voyages by Mudge, Zachariah Atwell

The reader will recollect that we found the summer solstice close to a wonderful star-swarm in the feet of Gemini.

From Astronomy with an Opera-glass A Popular Introduction to the Study of the Starry Heavens with the Simplest of Optical Instruments by Serviss, Garrett Putman