Both Uses of
retrospect
in
The Mill on the Floss
- "Ay, ay, sir," said Mr. Deane, spreading himself in his chair a little, and entering with great readiness into a retrospect of his own career.†
Chpt 3.5 *retrospect = to review with hindsight
- In her deep humiliation under the retrospect of her own weakness,—in her anguish at the injury she had inflicted,—she almost desired to endure the severity of Tom's reproof, to submit in patient silence to that harsh, disapproving judgment against which she had so often rebelled; it seemed no more than just to her now,—who was weaker than she was?†
Chpt 7.1
Definition:
to review with hindsight (with the understanding that comes after seeing how things turned out)