RECOLLECTION in Classic Quotes

1  But no such recollection befriended her.

Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 36

2  Elizabeth smiled at the recollection of all that she had heard of its inhabitants.

Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 28

3  "But," she continued, recollecting herself, "as we know none of the particulars, it is not fair to condemn him."

Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 33

4  The certainty of meeting him had not been checked by any of those recollections that might not unreasonably have alarmed her.

Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 18

5  Her sister had not the smallest objection, and the pianoforte was opened; and Darcy, after a few moments' recollection, was not sorry for it.

Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 11

6  The recollection of what I then said, of my conduct, my manners, my expressions during the whole of it, is now, and has been many months, inexpressibly painful to me.

Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 58

7  In comparing her recollection of Pemberley with the minute description which Wickham could give, and in bestowing her tribute of praise on the character of its late possessor, she was delighting both him and herself.

Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 25

8  She was proceeding directly to her favourite walk, when the recollection of Mr. Darcy's sometimes coming there stopped her, and instead of entering the park, she turned up the lane, which led farther from the turnpike-road.

Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 35

9  He looked surprised, displeased, alarmed; but with a moment's recollection and a returning smile, replied, that he had formerly seen him often; and, after observing that he was a very gentlemanlike man, asked her how she had liked him.

Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 41

10  Reflection must be reserved for solitary hours; whenever she was alone, she gave way to it as the greatest relief; and not a day went by without a solitary walk, in which she might indulge in all the delight of unpleasant recollections.

Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 37

11  His father, Miss Bennet, the late Mr. Darcy, was one of the best men that ever breathed, and the truest friend I ever had; and I can never be in company with this Mr. Darcy without being grieved to the soul by a thousand tender recollections.

Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 16

12  Elizabeth could not see Lady Catherine without recollecting that, had she chosen it, she might by this time have been presented to her as her future niece; nor could she think, without a smile, of what her ladyship's indignation would have been.

Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 37

13  When to these recollections was added the development of Wickham's character, it may be easily believed that the happy spirits which had seldom been depressed before, were now so much affected as to make it almost impossible for her to appear tolerably cheerful.

Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 37

14  On this point she was soon satisfied; and two or three little circumstances occurred ere they parted, which, in her anxious interpretation, denoted a recollection of Jane not untinctured by tenderness, and a wish of saying more that might lead to the mention of her, had he dared.

Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 44

15  Mrs. Gardiner was surprised and concerned; but as they were now approaching the scene of her former pleasures, every idea gave way to the charm of recollection; and she was too much engaged in pointing out to her husband all the interesting spots in its environs to think of anything else.

Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 43

16  In Darcy's presence she dared not mention Wickham's name; but Elizabeth instantly comprehended that he was uppermost in her thoughts; and the various recollections connected with him gave her a moment's distress; but exerting herself vigorously to repel the ill-natured attack, she presently answered the question in a tolerably detached tone.

Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 45

17  With a glance, she saw that he had lost none of his recent civility; and, to imitate his politeness, she began, as they met, to admire the beauty of the place; but she had not got beyond the words "delightful," and "charming," when some unlucky recollections obtruded, and she fancied that praise of Pemberley from her might be mischievously construed.

Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 43