All 6 Uses of
retrospect
in
David Copperfield
- CHAPTER 18 A RETROSPECT My school-days!†
Chpt 16-18 *
- Of all the times of mine that Time has in his grip, there is none that in one retrospect I can smile at half so much, and think of half so tenderly.†
Chpt 31-33
- Whether his spirits were elevated by the communication I had made to him, or by his having indulged in this retrospect, I don't know; but they were raised by some influence.†
Chpt 37-39
- CHAPTER 43 ANOTHER RETROSPECT Once again, let me pause upon a memorable period of my life.†
Chpt 43-45
- CHAPTER 53 ANOTHER RETROSPECT I must pause yet once again.†
Chpt 52-54
- CHAPTER 64 A LAST RETROSPECT And now my written story ends.†
Chpt 63-64
Definition:
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(retrospect as in: in retrospect, it is clear...) to review with hindsight (with the understanding that comes after seeing how things turned out)