Both Uses of
retrospective
in
Nicholas Nickleby
- Mr Squeers indulged in a retrospective look, for some quarter of a minute, as if this allusion to his lady's excellences had naturally led his mind to the peaceful village of Dotheboys near Greta Bridge in Yorkshire; and then looked at Ralph, as if waiting for him to say something.†
Chpt 34
- Mrs Nickleby having fallen imperceptibly into one of her retrospective moods, improved in temper from that moment, and glided, by an easy change of the conversation occasionally, into various other anecdotes, no less remarkable for their strict application to the subject in hand.†
Chpt 35 *
Definition:
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(retrospective as in: a photographic retrospective) an exhibition of a representative selection of an artist's life work