All 40 Uses of
recollect
in
Emma
- A large debt of gratitude was owing here; but the intercourse of the last seven years, the equal footing and perfect unreserve which had soon followed Isabella's marriage, on their being left to each other, was yet a dearer, tenderer recollection.†
Chpt 1.1-2
- Mr. Woodhouse was almost as much interested in the business as the girls, and tried very often to recollect something worth their putting in.†
Chpt 1.9-10
- His good friend Perry, too, whom he had spoken to on the subject, did not at present recollect any thing of the riddle kind; but he had desired Perry to be upon the watch, and as he went about so much, something, he thought, might come from that quarter.†
Chpt 1.9-10
- He was invited to contribute any really good enigmas, charades, or conundrums that he might recollect; and she had the pleasure of seeing him most intently at work with his recollections; and at the same time, as she could perceive, most earnestly careful that nothing ungallant, nothing that did not breathe a compliment to the sex should pass his lips.†
Chpt 1.9-10
- He was invited to contribute any really good enigmas, charades, or conundrums that he might recollect; and she had the pleasure of seeing him most intently at work with his recollections; and at the same time, as she could perceive, most earnestly careful that nothing ungallant, nothing that did not breathe a compliment to the sex should pass his lips.†
Chpt 1.9-10
- But I can remember nothing;—not even that particular riddle which you have heard me mention; I can only recollect the first stanza; and there are several.†
Chpt 1.9-10
- And that is all that I can recollect of it—but it is very clever all the way through.†
Chpt 1.9-10
- —I wish I could recollect more of it.†
Chpt 1.9-10
- I must see somebody very superior to any one I have seen yet, to be tempted; Mr. Elton, you know, (recollecting herself,) is out of the question: and I do not wish to see any such person.†
Chpt 1.9-10
- Mr. Woodhouse was rather agitated by such harsh reflections on his friend Perry, to whom he had, in fact, though unconsciously, been attributing many of his own feelings and expressions;—but the soothing attentions of his daughters gradually removed the present evil, and the immediate alertness of one brother, and better recollections of the other, prevented any renewal of it.†
Chpt 1.11-12
- If Mr. Elton, on his return, made his own indifference as evident and indubitable as she could not doubt he would anxiously do, she could not imagine Harriet's persisting to place her happiness in the sight or the recollection of him.†
Chpt 1.17-18
- He begged to be shewn the house which his father had lived in so long, and which had been the home of his father's father; and on recollecting that an old woman who had nursed him was still living, walked in quest of her cottage from one end of the street to the other; and though in some points of pursuit or observation there was no positive merit, they shewed, altogether, a good-will towards Highbury in general, which must be very like a merit to those he was with.†
Chpt 2.5-6
- At last he was persuaded to move on from the front of the Crown; and being now almost facing the house where the Bateses lodged, Emma recollected his intended visit the day before, and asked him if he had paid it.†
Chpt 2.5-6
- — I hate the recollection.†
Chpt 2.7-8
- The visit afforded her many pleasant recollections the next day; and all that she might be supposed to have lost on the side of dignified seclusion, must be amply repaid in the splendour of popularity.†
Chpt 2.9-10
- I declare I cannot recollect what I was talking of.†
Chpt 2.9-10
- I did not immediately recollect.†
Chpt 2.11-12
- His recollection of Harriet, and the words which clothed it, the "beautiful little friend," suggested to her the idea of Harriet's succeeding her in his affections.†
Chpt 2.13-14
- She could not enter the house again, could not be in the same room to which she had with such vain artifice retreated three months ago, to lace up her boot, without recollecting.†
Chpt 2.13-14
- Compliments, charades, and horrible blunders; and it was not to be supposed that poor Harriet should not be recollecting too; but she behaved very well, and was only rather pale and silent.†
Chpt 2.13-14
- While she talked of his son, Mr. Weston's attention was chained; but when she got to Maple Grove, he could recollect that there were ladies just arriving to be attended to, and with happy smiles must hurry away.†
Chpt 3.1-2
- Dear Jane, how shall we ever recollect half the dishes for grandmama?†
Chpt 3.1-2
- It was one of the agreeable recollections of the ball, which she walked about the lawn the next morning to enjoy.†
Chpt 3.3-4
- "Now," said Harriet, "you must recollect."†
Chpt 3.3-4
- I cannot recollect.†
Chpt 3.3-4
- —It is very odd, but I cannot recollect.†
Chpt 3.3-4
- — The very recollection of it, and all that I felt at the time—when I saw him coming—his noble look—and my wretchedness before.†
Chpt 3.3-4
- Emma recollected, blushed, was sorry, but tried to laugh it off.†
Chpt 3.7-8
- They, in their different homes, and their different ways, might be looking back on it with pleasure; but in her view it was a morning more completely misspent, more totally bare of rational satisfaction at the time, and more to be abhorred in recollection, than any she had ever passed.†
Chpt 3.7-8
- It was before tea—stay—no, it could not be before tea, because we were just going to cards—and yet it was before tea, because I remember thinking—Oh! no, now I recollect, now I have it; something happened before tea, but not that.†
Chpt 3.7-8
- "Oh, dear," cried Harriet, "now I recollect what you mean; but I was thinking of something very different at the time.†
Chpt 3.11-12
- …a great deal of reason, and at least equal affection—but she had too much to urge for Emma's attention; it was soon gone to Brunswick Square or to Donwell; she forgot to attempt to listen; and when Mrs. Weston ended with, "We have not yet had the letter we are so anxious for, you know, but I hope it will soon come," she was obliged to pause before she answered, and at last obliged to answer at random, before she could at all recollect what letter it was which they were so anxious for.†
Chpt 3.11-12
- but when I recollect all the uneasiness I occasioned her, and how little I deserve to be forgiven, I am mad with anger.
Chpt 3.13-14 *recollect = remember
- The hasty engagement she had entered into with that woman—Here, my dear madam, I was obliged to leave off abruptly, to recollect and compose myself.†
Chpt 3.13-14
- — Do not you recollect?†
Chpt 3.17-18
- The contrast between the countenance and air of Mr. Knightley and Robert Martin was, at this moment, so strong to Emma's feelings, and so strong was the recollection of all that had so recently passed on Harriet's side, so fresh the sound of those words, spoken with such emphasis, "No, I hope I know better than to think of Robert Martin," that she was really expecting the intelligence to prove, in some measure, premature.†
Chpt 3.17-18
- Emma was extremely glad to see him—but there was a degree of confusion—a number of embarrassing recollections on each side.†
Chpt 3.17-18
- But he laughed so heartily at the recollection, that Emma could not help saying, "I do suspect that in the midst of your perplexities at that time, you had very great amusement in tricking us all.†
Chpt 3.17-18
- Emma soon recollected, and understood him; and while she joined in the laugh, it was evident from Jane's countenance that she too was really hearing him, though trying to seem deaf.†
Chpt 3.17-18
- Jane was forced to smile completely, for a moment; and the smile partly remained as she turned towards him, and said in a conscious, low, yet steady voice, "How you can bear such recollections, is astonishing to me!†
Chpt 3.17-18
Definition:
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(recollect) to remember -- especially experiences from long agoeditor's notes: Synonym Comparison (if you're into word choice):
Relative to its synonyms, recollect brings to mind a leisurely piecing together of distant memories. It may be used in a less formal manner than remember and is almost always less formal than recall.