Both Uses of
recital
in
Sense and Sensibility
- You must know best what will be its effect; but had I not seriously, and from my heart believed it might be of service, might lessen her regrets, I would not have suffered myself to trouble you with this account of my family afflictions, with a recital which may seem to have been intended to raise myself at the expense of others.†
Chpt 31 *
- She managed the recital, as she hoped, with address; prepared her anxious listener with caution; related simply and honestly the chief points on which Willoughby grounded his apology; did justice to his repentance, and softened only his protestations of present regard.†
Chpt 46
Definition:
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(recital) a performance such as music, dance, or a poetry reading