| 单词 | retrospection |
| 例句 | But there would be little time for retrospection over the next few weeks, for the briefing schedule for the three delegates was punishing. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z I spent nearly a week in Mqhekezweni after the funeral and it was a time of retrospection and rediscovery. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Created by Third Rail Projects, this interactive tour of an imaginary Floridian pleasure palace from the 1970s manages to summon romantic promise and regretful retrospection in a single, ocean-air breath. Review: ‘The Grand Paradise’ Summons a ’70s Pleasure Palace 2016-01-31T05:00:00Z “We will not anticipate the past! Our retrospection will be all to the future!” Theater Review: Lovebirds, Twits and Blowhards in ‘The Rivals’ 2014-05-08T21:43:20Z Director Theresa Heskins calls it "going back to the future", or, in the inimitable words of Mrs Malaprop: "We shall not anticipate the past, but our retrospection will be all towards the future." The Rivals ? review 2011-03-31T17:08:19Z Being a jazz musician, he’s bound by custom to celebrate this mile marker on the bandstand, aglow in retrospection. Critic?s Notebook: Chick Corea, Jazz Chameleon, in All His Colors 2011-10-31T22:28:02Z Such classical retrospection wholly pervades the Renaissance zeitgeist: If you wish to praise a merchant adventurer, notes Bate, you liken him to Jason, leader of the Argonauts. Review | Who art thou, Shakespeare? 2019-05-22T04:00:00Z Three years after Smith’s burial, we now seem to be in a crucial hour for Fall-related retrospection. Perspective | Burrowing deep into many rabbit holes of Mark E. Smith and the Fall 2021-07-15T04:00:00Z Ms. Varda, steeped in the traditions of the avant-garde, is resistant to nostalgia — there’s always too much to notice here and now — but she finds herself drawn to retrospection. Review: Agnès Varda and JR Travel in the Present, Glancing at the Past 2017-10-05T04:00:00Z It places songs that hold a lifetime of retrospection, like “All of the Roads,” alongside unabashedly liberal sentiments. Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band Roar Into the Garden 2014-12-21T05:00:00Z But retrospection is more than just a means of continuing a character’s story by looking backward. Before the Internet ruined everything, we were real artists 2017-08-31T04:00:00Z A solo piano recital of magisterial authority; a poetry reading of slippery connotation; a headstrong renewal of purpose, served under the guise of retrospection. The Best Concerts of 2012, as Seen by Times Critics 2012-12-26T23:38:02Z The style balances many opposing tensions: grandeur and democratic sentiment; aspiration and retrospection; and here, abstraction and decoration. Exhibition Review: National Design That?s Hidden in Plain Sight 2011-06-13T22:41:43Z Nothing in the film takes place in the present, but everything in it is carried on an invisible current of imaginative retrospection. Review: Resettling the Meaning of Home in ‘Brooklyn,’ With Saoirse Ronan 2015-11-03T05:00:00Z And now we have come to live in a state of permanent retrospection, popwise, with a plethora of "classic" and "gold" radio stations and a music industry based on imitation, sampling and flagrant rehashing. Royal Wedding; Worried About the Boy; Girls and Boys: Sex and British Pop; Ashes to Ashes 2010-05-22T23:05:00Z A glance at the nominees for best picture at this year’s Oscars will confirm that the movies, a forward-looking medium tumbling headlong into a digital future, find themselves in a moment of retrospection. Critic?s Notebook: ?The Story of Film: An Odyssey,? by Mark Cousins, at MoMA 2012-01-31T23:43:58Z Repetition in “Breaking Bad” is not just a stylistic tic, a shortcut to conventional foreshadowing or retrospection, but the marker of a philosophical continuum among all the different lifestyles possible under capitalism. Four years later, “Breaking Bad” remains the boldest indictment of modern American capitalism in TV history 2017-05-29T04:00:00Z That cinematic poem, set in Liverpool during the years after World War II, celebrates the life-sustaining power of retrospection as a bulwark against despair in a grimy industrial environment. Review: ‘Sunset Song’ Shows a Woman’s True Grit 2016-05-12T04:00:00Z “Sorry for Your Trouble” is drenched in retrospection, its narratives shadowed by the passing of all things. In Richard Ford’s New Stories, Ambivalence Is the Default Condition 2020-05-12T04:00:00Z Parroting a magazine or someone else’s home seldom achieves a result worth much retrospection. Is Good Taste Teachable? 2017-10-04T04:00:00Z Still Keeping Time, Staying True to the Past While Living in the Present The urge toward retrospection runs strong among jazz musicians of a certain age, and to resist it requires stern commitment. Music Review: Jimmy Cobb Expands His Act at Village Vanguard 2013-08-22T21:37:37Z It is hardly surprising that thinking and writing about photography tend frequently toward retrospection, melancholy and anxiety. Riff: On (Digital) Photography: Sontag, 34 Years Later 2011-05-08T05:30:17Z The closer these characters come to Amis himself — most recently in the retrospection of “The Pregnant Widow” and “Inside Story” — the more overt this generational mapping becomes. Good Night, Sweet Prince 2023-05-22T04:00:00Z Now 70, Russo clearly knows the pleasures and perils of retrospection, and he’s constructed a novel about the way the past constantly bleeds into the present. Review | In Richard Russo’s ‘Chances Are . . . ,’ a charming reunion unearths a chilling disappearance 2019-07-23T04:00:00Z It includes remorse, abandon, retrospection, forward movement and profound rapture. Review: ‘The Two Pigeons,’ Frederick Ashton’s Look at Love 2015-11-30T05:00:00Z There is an unevenness to the novel’s texture and tone, deriving in part from a failure to employ retrospection effectively to either heighten tension or illuminate the characters’ actions and motivations. His Nation in Turmoil, One Boy Finds Refuge and Adventure in Friendship 2020-03-17T04:00:00Z In elaborate feats of retrospection, his 11 narrators re-enact conversations with lovers and friends, scrambling their memories for clues and causes. A Debut Story Collection, Filled With Characters Humbled by Love 2018-08-24T04:00:00Z Loss and retrospection, irony and passion were themes on Thursday when the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center presented a wide-ranging program of contemporary and 20th-century works for strings and piano at the Kaplan Penthouse. Review: Chamber Music Society, From Mirth to Mortality 2015-04-03T04:00:00Z All the music on “Trios” has been recorded elsewhere over the years, which accounts for the album’s air of retrospection. New Music: 2 Chainz, Arctic Monkeys and Keith Urban Release New Albums 2013-09-09T22:11:48Z The line brings us back to the book’s center, a space of retrospection. Joy Harjo, the Poet of American Memory 2019-08-29T04:00:00Z The “-ana” came only later, appended with wistful retrospection. John Margolies, Photographer of Whimsical Architecture, Dies at 76 2016-06-02T04:00:00Z Naturally, such a skid prompts retrospection and underscores the importance of these next few weeks. Kraken get back to basics after slump, just in time for key stretch 2022-12-21T05:00:00Z I had time to do a little retrospection, and I realized I just wasn’t present enough. Angela Bassett, Laura Dern talk nudity on set post-#MeToo, learning how to slow down 2022-12-08T05:00:00Z Nancy Rhine, a gerontologist and marriage and family therapist in Mill Valley, California, has helped about 40 older adults prepare for and process late-life rituals involving hours of retrospection and introspection, art and music. Older generations are reclaiming rites of passage 2022-10-21T04:00:00Z Rosy retrospection inflicts many people who closely watched the boxing greats of the 1960s, 1970s or 1980s. Canelo-GGG underwhelms, but boxing has more punches to throw 2022-09-18T04:00:00Z Nancy Rhine, a gerontologist and marriage and family therapist in Mill Valley, Calif., has helped about 40 older adults prepare for and process late-life rituals involving hours of retrospection and introspection, art and music. Older Generations Are Reclaiming Rites of Passage 2022-08-01T04:00:00Z Margaret Atwood is set to publish her first collection of poetry in over a decade, an exploration of “absences and endings, ageing and retrospection” that will also feature werewolves, aliens and sirens. Margaret Atwood to publish first collection of poetry in over a decade 2020-01-27T05:00:00Z A look at the more unequivocal end of the pro-European Union spectrum of British political life — the die-hard Remainers — finds similar retrospection. Opinion | Britain Is Drowning Itself in Nostalgia 2019-03-23T04:00:00Z It was, for the most part, an exercise in bitter retrospection. Analysis: Mugabe refuses to go away 2018-03-16T04:00:00Z Those fans with rosy retrospection seem to expect a violent classic in every big night, forgetting about the countless megafights that have underdelivered over the decades. Canelo-GGG underwhelms, but boxing has more punches to throw 2022-09-18T04:00:00Z This year’s Sundance Film Festival arrives at the intersection of cultural and political retrospection. What's the mood at Sundance 2018? We'll keep you posted 2018-01-18T05:00:00Z At the centre of my own complex, terrifying whirl of memory, expression and retrospection, me, too. As a young, powerless woman trapped alone with a predator, I did not run | Van Badham 2017-10-17T04:00:00Z It’s not the time passing, it’s the opportunity for retrospection that kills you. We let the 2007 financial crisis go to waste | Torsten Bell 2017-08-09T04:00:00Z Yet even his approach to retrospection feels groundbreaking. John Cale’s Inventive Retrospection 2017-01-22T05:00:00Z What’s more, only the rosiest retrospection could blur a fan’s vision of the outstanding fighters and compelling matchups in the sport’s near future. Canelo-GGG underwhelms, but boxing has more punches to throw 2022-09-18T04:00:00Z On the heels of his stellar solo album “Next Year People” from 2015, Men at Work frontman Colin Hay returns with a new disc of introspective songs and ballads about aging, retrospection and hope. Train, Colin Hay and others unveil new albums 2017-01-15T05:00:00Z Might the introspection and retrospection of writing serve as one source of grace that transforms it from a gift received to a gift conferred? The Gift of Grace 2016-11-24T05:00:00Z Yet there seems to be a presumption that anything that affects pension rights or house values would involve unreasonable "retrospection". Time to break promises to pensioners? - BBC News 2016-10-03T04:00:00Z Liverpool, for the second season in succession, prevailed in this corner of south-west London to cast the locals into grisly retrospection with Antonio Conte shuddering at his first loss in charge. Jordan Henderson’s sumptuous strike helps Liverpool to win at Chelsea 2016-09-16T04:00:00Z Goins says this retrospection will also identify those activities in the past that you should avoid as you move forward because they drained you or amplified weaknesses. How to Read the 3 Signs Telling Your Purpose in Life 2015-07-09T04:00:00Z But it is unclear he will ever be able to shed himself of forced exercises in retrospection. Iraq War Haunts Potential Bush Candidacy, as It Did Clinton in 2008 2015-05-15T04:00:00Z That’s not to say that he lacks retrospection; it’s just that the present holds infinitely more possibility than the past. Richard Ford: Heart of the Country Flashes of genuine narrative tension that pull the reader forward by the shirtfront are interrupted by moments of retrospection or unhurried conversation that seem unlikely or disappointingly timed. California review – Edan Lepucki's hit story of marriage after the apocalypse 2014-09-04T04:00:00Z That summer, she says now with retrospection, changed her life. Building on U.S. Tradition, Camp for Hindu Children Strengthens Their Identity 2014-08-22T04:00:00Z Mills insists REM had no time for retrospection at that point, and were focussed on the “present or the near future, all the time”. REM's Mike Mills: 'To expose yourself, warts and all, was very daunting' 2014-05-26T04:00:00Z With some retrospection, it was easier to know where he was coming from. Hibbert’s Turnaround Helps Stabilize the Erratic Pacers 2014-05-19T04:00:00Z Temperamentally disinclined to introspection or even much retrospection, Bush long ago adopted the view that no setback, particularly in the turbulent world of politics, is permanent. George H.W. Bush Relishes the Twilight 2014-04-07T14:50:48Z While I use the past to help avoid similar situations in the future, there is a specific time and place for that type of retrospection. How I Learned to Lean Forward, Every Day 2013-05-09T15:05:00Z This was Brighton's equinox, the moment when the past met the future, a time for retrospection and anticipation, when golden memories gave way to a brighter future. The dreamers who built 'the miracle' that is Brighton today 2013-01-25T13:30:21Z She laid the paper aside when through and reviewed her acquaintance with him in retrospection. The Homesteader A Novel 2012-03-26T02:00:30.703Z In short, dear reader, from this last retrospection, hallucination, or what you will, I regained mine inn, and, calling for a candle, went to bed.” The Portsmouth Road and Its Tributaries To-Day and in Days of Old 2012-03-25T02:00:04.800Z That mood soon passed away, and I began a retrospection of my past life. Nurse and Spy in the Union Army The Adventures and Experiences of a Woman in Hospitals, Camps, and Battle-Fields 2012-01-07T03:00:15.907Z It was the wail of retrospection that, sooner or later, every man, each in his own way and according to his chances and his character for seizing them, is bound to utter. The Azure Rose A Novel 2011-12-31T03:00:18.657Z Is there no period in that long space, around which fond retrospection can joyfully flutter her wings, and crush out the large drops of gall that have been distilled into your cup? The Life of Lyman Trumbull 2011-11-20T03:00:11.243Z He saw himself now more clearly in retrospection. The Homesteader A Novel 2012-03-26T02:00:30.703Z Do not go to England, to encounter poverty and bitter retrospections. The Life and Letters of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Volume II (of 2) 2011-11-10T03:00:10.110Z Blank and dreary on retrospection I call them; they were not so to me then. The Life and Letters of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Volume I (of 2) 2011-11-10T03:00:08.903Z “And goodness only knows what she sees in that freak to want to walk with him,” muttered Hester, in retrospection. The Girls of Central High at Basketball The Great Gymnasium Mystery 2011-11-04T02:00:20.757Z Its analysis and demonstration of the preponderant power of the north, and its retrospection over the progressive stages by which the former equilibrium of the sections had been destroyed, are as clear-sighted as its prediction. The Brothers' War 2011-11-01T02:00:24.007Z But she put off the encroaching lapse into retrospection. Saul of Tarsus A Tale of the Early Christians 2011-10-28T02:00:22.437Z Dr. Macnaughtan's pastorate will always be associated with this time of historic retrospection and also with the passing away of the old building and the introduction of the new. Authors and Writers Associated with Morristown With a Chapter on Historic Morristown 2011-10-25T02:00:25.713Z And when the rifted storm has rolled away, And stillness reascends her solemn throne, Ruin looks forth from retrospection's tower, And memory weeps where desolation reigns. Elias An Epic of the Ages 2011-10-13T02:00:41.923Z I spent the night in a state of half-dreamy stupor, being neither asleep nor awake; whilst the imagination was engaged in endeavouring to contrast the retrospection of the past with the prospects of the future. The Emigrant's Lost Son or, Life Alone in the Forest 2011-10-13T02:00:39.777Z She was for a moment lost in retrospection. Ann Boyd 2011-09-29T02:00:14.220Z Antonia studied the face of the old man; it was significant, when, after his lapse into the softened mood of retrospection, he should return to his old manner. Saul of Tarsus A Tale of the Early Christians 2011-10-28T02:00:22.437Z It took him an appreciable time to concentrate for mental retrospection. Quick Action 2011-09-26T02:00:28.347Z And then she sat and stared at his empty chair and saw in retrospection the expression of vexed reproach in his eyes as he had risen to his feet, their mute enquiry. The Triumph of Jill 2011-08-31T02:01:25.060Z And then there was—— He stopped and was silent quite a while; his eyes, hazy with retrospection, took on tones of marvellous softness. Caybigan 2011-08-31T02:01:21.780Z The day, too, was growing towards the dusky hours of retrospection. The Sea and the Jungle 2011-08-30T02:00:30.350Z Agrippa after crossing the threshold slackened his step and his eyes took on the luster of retrospection. Saul of Tarsus A Tale of the Early Christians 2011-10-28T02:00:22.437Z Indeed, Sally thought, in that fit of retrospection, that Fox had seemed to be watching her mother; at least, occasionally. Concerning Sally 2011-08-19T02:00:14.430Z Should we not, by an effort, give ourselves more to its retrospection, that we may profit more by its teaching?... Memoir of Mary L. Ware, Wife of Henry Ware, Jr. 2011-08-02T02:00:25.157Z The truest standards of certainty arise from individuality of retrospection. A Logic Of Facts Or, Every-day Reasoning 2011-07-22T02:00:18.543Z Hearn was too much of an artist to fall into that Death Valley of all �sthetics, and there was a quick acceptance of the logical and inevitable, whence arose the wonder of poetic retrospection. Concerning Lafcadio Hearn With a Bibliography by Laura Stedman 2011-07-20T02:00:12.413Z Her contemptuous amusement in retrospection, embraced the would-be belle, who, although "nothing but a poor minister's daughter," had vied with the heiress in style and popularity. Jessamine A Novel 2011-06-15T02:00:24.413Z She passed her fingers over her eyelids, then framed her face between both hands for a moment's thought lost in tragic retrospection. The Slayer Of souls 2011-06-01T02:00:26.487Z Those questions, and the retrospection back of them, were with him as he went upward into the mountains to the north. Told In The Hills 2011-05-30T02:00:15.530Z Poor Lady Sarah would start up, with an impatient movement, and walk across the room to get away from Philippa's retrospections. Old Kensington 2011-05-29T02:00:09.797Z "So full of introspection and retrospection, and all that, and——" "Yes, and mighty little circumspection," was the ready answer, and they passed in, laughing. Poppy The Story of a South African Girl 2011-05-20T02:00:25.147Z Even at this instant in her gloomy retrospection, she could put her finger on her own bosom, precisely where the bullet had struck. The Red Debt Echoes from Kentucky 2011-05-08T02:00:04.810Z After years of suffering, of sombre retrospection, I hope I have come back less a Tartar than when we parted. A Speckled Bird 2011-05-06T02:00:09.097Z It requires a certain strength of imagination to realise the assured fact that he was once a “greatest living poet;” retrospection collapses in the effort, and credulity loses heart to believe. William Blake A Critical Essay 2011-05-04T02:00:18.110Z Clairvoyance has, as thus appears, a retrospection, and is as able to see the past as the present, or previse the future. Studies in the Out-Lying Fields of Psychic Science 2011-04-14T02:00:40.453Z Her memory was accurate, minute, and well arranged, and she had always enjoyed retrospection and encouraged herself in the cultivation of it. Aspects and Impressions 2011-04-12T02:00:22.073Z While Tate continued his retrospections, Mr. Nickie had unlocked his box, and cursorily throwing a glance over some papers, he muttered to himself a few words, and then added aloud,—"Now for business." The Knight Of Gwynne, Vol. II (of II) 2011-04-04T02:00:06.657Z Had you not forbidden an interruption, you might have spared yourself an unpleasant retrospection, as I earnestly desired to assure you at the outset that you are entirely mistaken in my purpose. A Speckled Bird 2011-05-06T02:00:09.097Z Nor was the exhilirating effect of the dance confined to those who partook in the exercise—the young enjoyed it present, the old by retrospection. The Cavaliers of Virginia, vol. 1 of 2 or, The Recluse of Jamestown; An historical romance of the Old Dominion 2011-03-23T02:00:21.287Z He had not known how he held himself—how he cherished those values, so familiar that he had forgotten to be thankful till their possession was a retrospection. The Prophet of the Great Smoky Mountains 2011-03-22T02:00:18.637Z He is the poet of retrospection, as Maeterlinck is the poet of introspection. Contemporary Belgian Poetry Selected and Translated by Jethro Bithell 2011-03-10T03:00:44.993Z Hour after hour he guided the ship, a lone figure wrapped in thought and retrospection. The Ice Pilot 2011-03-09T03:00:48.433Z Watching her face, relaxed in dreamy retrospection, Mrs. Mitchell asked: "Where is Mr. Herriott?" A Speckled Bird 2011-05-06T02:00:09.097Z I didn't sleep for a week before in anticipation of delicious joy, or a week after in retrospection. A Modern Buccaneer 2011-03-02T03:00:23.990Z DRAKE, Nathan.—Mornings in Spring; or retrospections, biographical, critical, and historical. A Catalogue of Books in English Later than 1700 (Vol 1 of 3) Forming a portion of the library of Robert Hoe 2011-02-16T03:00:36.047Z At last, agreeably satiated, she lowered the newspaper and lay back, dreamy-eyed, faintly smiling, lost in pleasant retrospection. The Streets of Ascalon Episodes in the Unfinished Career of Richard Quarren, Esqre. 2011-02-12T03:00:30.987Z We now again endeavour to effect a start on our pilgrimage of retrospection up the long route, from the establishment of which so many public advantages were predicted in 1799. Toronto of Old 2011-02-10T03:00:45.907Z But all this seems to flit through the Indian mind as a dream, and furnishes him rather the source of a pleasing secret retrospection than any spring to present and future exertions. Algic Researches, Comprising Inquiries Respecting the Mental Characteristics of the North American Indians, Vol. 1 of 2 Indian Tales and Legends 2011-02-04T03:00:18.247Z Had I followed my inclination I would simply have brought her before my eyes in retrospection, and gazed upon the picture throughout the day. A Maid of the Kentucky Hills 2011-02-04T03:00:15.877Z A whole world of retrospection had been invoked by the merest accident. The Count of Nideck adapted from the French of Erckmann-Chartrian 2011-01-20T03:00:07.967Z She did not answer for a moment, being absorbed in swift retrospection. Silver Pitchers: and Independence A Centennial Love Story 2011-01-13T03:01:02.190Z She seemed a central force about which musings, retrospections and quandaries revolved. Caravans By Night A Romance of India 2011-01-03T03:01:02.370Z And the old pines dozed in dreamy retrospection. God's Green Country A Novel of Canadian Rural Life 2010-12-21T22:55:55.287Z And unfortunately, retrospection dominates the news industry's self-analysis. Journalism today: A haven for parasites and double-dealers 2010-04-17T00:20:00Z The Internet is also causing the "disappearance of retrospection and reminiscence," argues Evgeny Morozov, an expert on the Internet and politics. 2010-01-08T16:01:00Z He held, with some slight scorn, the theory of the armchair detective and the puzzle worked out by retrospection. Whispering Wires But for the most part she did not burden herself with either thought or retrospection; merely sat in the dull, sweet stupor of semi-inertia. Caravans By Night A Romance of India 2011-01-03T03:01:02.370Z It was only in strict privacy that he permitted himself an indulgence in regrets and the somewhat doubtful solace of retrospection. The Belovéd Traitor The retrospection had its pleasant features, despite the loss and anxiety she had suffered. The Man from Jericho Except by a fairly obvious fallacy of retrospection we cannot regard this phenomenon as a mere arousal of so-called latent or implicit desires. Creative Intelligence Essays in the Pragmatic Attitude She withdrew her hands, clasped them, her gaze lost in retrospection for a few moments. The Moonlit Way As Gud trudged on, trying to shake this mood of a sentimental retrospection from him, he found the light waning and the ether about him turning grey and grim and gruesome. The Book of Gud Sunday was the day of reckoning and retrospection. Patricia Brent, Spinster The Aunt paused, and let her eyes dwell upon the Boy in appreciative retrospection. Through the Postern Gate A Romance in Seven Days She closed her eyes and indulged in retrospection. On the Heights A Novel Realization will never be the thing to you that anticipation and retrospection are. The Duchess of Wrexe Her Decline and Death; A Romantic Commentary He turns his mind towards the past, and out of retrospection wrests a vigorous faith. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 15 We are all fond at this time of retrospection, and are full of resolves for the future. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, No. 22, March, 1852, Volume 4. It was while he was pausing upon his own corner for a moment to consider the past evening in smiling retrospection, that a big-boned policeman tapped him on the shoulder. Young Wallingford Before parting for the night, the inner circle of the court would gather, as if for rest and retrospection; for, every evening, the chronicle of the day was read aloud. On the Heights A Novel It was an hour and a scene to promote meditation, retrospection, and he did not want retrospection. In the Whirl of the Rising The present political circumstances of Spain are not calculated to favour the retrospection of by-gone glories. The Picturesque Antiquities of Spain Described in a series of letters, with illustrations representing Moorish palaces, cathedrals, and other monuments of art, contained in the cities of Burgos, Valladolid, Toledo, and Seville. It becomes ‘opinion’ or ‘thought’ only in retrospection, when a fresh experience, thinking the same object, alters and corrects it. Essays in Radical Empiricism How sweet is retrospection when one's heart is bathed in wine, And before its balmy breath how do the ills of life decline! Second Book of Verse And now, amid retrospections of the past, thanksgiving for the present, and hopes and aspirations for the future, the evening passed rapidly away. The Lamplighter For instance, let the prayer in the morning be a sort of preparation for the deeds of the day, and the prayer at night a sort of retrospection of those deeds. The Shepherd of Salisbury Plain and Other Tales Dresses for these celebrations are things pre-meditated; and the effect produced, and all the little events and rencontres of the day form for each belle, thrilling subjects of retrospection. The Picturesque Antiquities of Spain Described in a series of letters, with illustrations representing Moorish palaces, cathedrals, and other monuments of art, contained in the cities of Burgos, Valladolid, Toledo, and Seville. After sleeping, my retrospection is as perfect as it is between two successive waking moments of my time. Essays in Radical Empiricism No retrospection can raise them out of their ruins, or withdraw them beyond the law of their perpetual fate. Modern Painters, Volume IV (of V) And, lost in moody retrospection, Adam sat stabbing desire with the sword of despair. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 26, July 1880. He looked across the valley for a moment as though lost in retrospection. Aliens This mention of Abraham Lincoln suggests some retrospection. 1931: A Glance at the Twentieth Century He lived in retrospection, and dwelt much upon the unseen world. Home Life of Great Authors All was over, the pain of retrospection, the painful expedients of law, the danger of publicity, all over. A Country Gentleman and his Family As he closed, his head dropped forward, and he sat gazing fixedly at his ring in an attitude of mournful retrospection. The Somnambulist and the Detective The Murderer and the Fortune Teller This day’s events had set him upon the train of retrospection, of moody thought. The Bondboy This has led me to some retrospection, looking yet farther back, and comparing the present with the last century. 1931: A Glance at the Twentieth Century She had her own reasons for being less sanguine than ever in hopeful views of the future, less indulgent to pleasurable retrospections of the past. Shirley Since leaving Washington, the novelty and excitement of the trip had thoroughly occupied her mind, and there had been little time for retrospection. Betty Gordon in the Land of Oil The Farm That Was Worth a Fortune Thus, the full Arhat possesses perfect retrospection, perfect foresight, and has absolutely extinguished the last trace of desire and selfish attractions. The Buddhist Catechism He seemed to recall small facts in benevolent retrospection. Astounding Stories of Super-Science, August 1930 This half-light of brief conjecture or vague retrospection only mellowed the depths of her gaze, and Barnes alone noted and wondered. The Strollers Now, in retrospection, she was alternately sorry that she had said as much and that she had not said more. Nobody All human thought is undergoing a process of retrospection, drawn by a desire to find a new and stable beginning. Mountain Meditations and some subjects of the day and the war Now, then, in mental retrospection, witness the unheard-of massacre that ensued! Brief Reflections relative to the Emigrant French Clergy On the contrary, retrospection makes for hollow eyes, and introspection is tinged with bitterness. Sunlight Patch Reminiscence is a half-dreamy memory of scenes or events long past; retrospection is a distinct turning of the mind back upon the past, bringing long periods under survey. English Synonyms and Antonyms With Notes on the Correct Use of Prepositions True fun is fun in anticipation, fun in realization, fun in retrospection, and fun in seeing it repeated by succeeding generations. What a Young Woman Ought to Know But the moods of retrospection were short, perforce. Heart of the Blue Ridge The young man sat there with his letter in his hand and eyes lost in retrospection for a while. The Dark Star The first two kinds of data were obtained by the objective method, while the last is obtained through retrospection. A Preliminary Study of the Emotion of Love between the Sexes He, too, remained lost in gloomy retrospection for a while, but finally looked up with a more genuine smile. The Gay Rebellion We will suggest a few general questions, which may help you in your retrospection. The Gospel Day Or, the Light of Christianity He was a dying man; the agony of drowning was over, and he had entered upon that curious phase of retrospection that most drowning people experience, and that so pleasantly precedes that form of dissolution. Dick Leslie's Luck A Story of Shipwreck and Adventure We will not anticipate the past; so mind, young people,—our retrospection will be all to the future. Familiar Quotations A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature “Probably you don’t know that a year and a half ago my father died,” and Larkin’s face shadowed for a moment with retrospection. The Free Range That forced idleness gave me plenty of time for retrospection. The Sequel What the Great War will mean to Australia Just now there was a thoughtful retrospection in 346 their clear depths. Shoe-Bar Stratton It must be borne in mind, that a reader can only be held to the line of a subject, by an occasional retrospection and reiteration of what must be constantly kept in view. Salem Witchcraft and Cotton Mather A Reply Indeed, his dissipations had been whimsical rather than banal; and retrospection never aroused a furtive sense of shame. The Place of Honeymoons The literary form passes out of the Domestic Tale of the Present into the Heroic Tale of the Past, from sorrowful retrospection to bracing description of daring deeds. Homer's Odyssey A Commentary Drooping, she bends o'er pensive Fancy's urn, To trace the hours which never can return; Yet with the retrospection loves to dwell, And soothe the sorrows of her last farewell! My Recollections of Lord Byron The other Squadrons of the vast Battle-fleet were disposed to ignore the affair; they had their own regattas to think about, either in retrospection or as an event to come. The Long Trick With this impression, retrospection made him angry and resentful. Washington and the American Republic, Vol. 3. This figure was to represent the Muse of History:—may she one day cast a glance of friendly retrospection on the prototype of her pictured companion! A New Voyage Round the World, in the years 1823, 24, 25, and 26, Vol. 2 As the green landscape slid by he gave himself over to retrospection, and his mind wandered comfortably back through all the stages of the past years. The Rapids Thine eyes have penetrated into the dim retrospections of the past. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 62, No. 384, October 1847 Awed, I sat in silence; and he turned his gloomy eyes now on me, now on the darkened window, gnawing his lip in savage retrospection. The Reckoning Through many a clime 'tis mine to go, With many a retrospection curst; And all my solace is to know, Whate'er betides, I've known the worst. The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 2 Blank and dreary on retrospection I call them: they were not so to me then. The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 1, April, 1851 He reverently closed the eyes of his chum, and covered his face, after which he remained seated by the side of the body of the beloved dead, lost in bitter thought and sorrowful retrospection. Across the Spanish Main A Tale of the Sea in the Days of Queen Bess He was a family lawyer, doubtless, who lived in the past and hugged his retrospections. The Wit and Humor of America, Volume VIII (of X) He then proceeds—"We desire to encourage the cloudless flames of rectified communion," rejecting "each effusion, however splendid, of degenerate curiosity and perverted genius—of misanthrophic ascerbity and calumnious retrospection." The History of Tasmania, Volume I From the advantage of retrospection, you can say what you want about slipshod detective work. Attrition It was a trick of memory with which she indulged herself on occasion, this one of retrospection. At Fault He spent very little time in retrospection, reflection, and contemplation, very little time in thinking of any sort, and on this account possessed so great a stock of energy for acting. A Girl of the Klondike In one of his retrospections, Boz tells us of a visit he paid to Rochester in the fifties, “scenes among which my early days were past.” Pickwickian Studies The pathos and melancholy of the retrospections in which they were indulging became real. The Old Folks' Party 1898 Yes, my dear baron, yes! but morning has chased away night, and I am out of the wood now; therefore let us banish gloomy retrospections, and yield the present hour to bliss without alloy. The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor Volume I, Number 1 There is nothing in your old age that will be such a comfort to you as retrospection, or looking back over a long life of happiness in the home. Dollars and Sense But judicial is much worse than legislative retrospection in another aspect. An Essay on Professional Ethics Second Edition "There will be no retrospection this evening, if you please," her voice rather metallic. The Lure of the Mask At the present moment she was going over the situation in retrospection. The Red Cross Girls with the Russian Army No mental analysis now; no long hours of retrospection, no tête-à-tête interviews with my soul. The Trail of '98 A Northland Romance Your retrospection will be pleasant, and the very things that were hard in your youth, are sources of satisfaction to you in your old age. Dollars and Sense Probably the poor girl, if gifted with any capacity for retrospection, wished that she had heeded the spark that she might not now be in danger of being consumed by the fire. Some Everyday Folk and Dawn A good rider always smiles at the sight of a poor one, when a little retrospection should make him rather pitying. The Lure of the Mask He climbed the hill to the woods behind the log shanty and stretched out luxuriously on a fragrant heap of spruce boughs with the idea of indulging in pleasant retrospection. Every Man for Himself "And if even I do give way to retrospection, it is to feel indignant with both my parents." April's Lady A Novel Some may accuse me of having shown too much fondness—of having dwelt with a too loving tenderness in my retrospection of the middle ages. Bibliomania in the Middle Ages I sat myself by her side; and as I contemplated her pale face, and witnessed her grief, I fell into a train of melancholy retrospection on my numerous acts of vice and folly. Frank Mildmay Or, the Naval Officer I would that as the corporal Past they cover, They would, at earnest bidding of the will, Entomb in walls of darkness and devour The hated retrospections of the mind. The Works of Christopher Marlowe, Vol. 3 (of 3) Podmore's further enjoyment of retrospection was cut short by a sudden gesture which rivetted his attention upon the two men on the rear platform. Every Man for Himself Besides, I was hopeful of carving out a new career for myself; and hope is a sworn antagonist to retrospection. She and I, Volume 2 A Love Story. A Life History. But when he had reached this latter point of retrospection Mama Cachama’s eyes were closed and, to Harry’s chagrin, she appeared to have fallen into a deep sleep. Harry Escombe A Tale of Adventure in Peru "Y—yes," Patty agreed in thoughtful retrospection, "I can't think of a thing the matter with us—I don't wonder they chose us to head the reform!" Just Patty She brought back in sequenced retrospection the happy years of travel—how proud she'd always been of her handsome husband and of his courtly deference to her. The Secret of the Storm Country Not for me Is time for retrospection or for dreams, Not time for self-laudation or remorse. Custer, and Other Poems. Human life, under the discipline of letters and common schools, is not thus Hegelian, but advances under the boundless retrospection of literature. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 83, September, 1864 At the close of every month and year he submitted himself to retrospection concerning fulfilled or neglected duties, judging himself by a severe standard. Memoir of the Life of John Quincy Adams. Lost in retrospection, Charley was surprised by Toby's return with the rope much sooner than he had expected him. Left on the Labrador A Tale of Adventure Down North She watched the fading fire for a full half hour, absorbed in retrospection, and then lighting a small lamp and turning out the large one, she walked down the hall and upstairs to her room. Pocket Island A Story of Country Life in New England Our Duke, however, had not reached the age of retrospection. The Young Duke Homer is the boundary which is insurmountably opposed to our further retrospection, and Homer is already the beginning of perfection in Greek letters. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2, No. 2, August, 1862 Devoted to Literature and National Policy He sought to cast off the bitter retrospection with which she had invested the situation. The Ordeal A Mountain Romance of Tennessee Assuredly during these Leipzig years Goethe played a sufficient number of pranks to supply him with materials for edifying retrospection. The Youth of Goethe She had found herself, of late, vaguely hungering for some influence less autumnal, less vesper-like, to hold and wall her back from those grayer hours of retrospection which crept into her life. Phantom Wires A Novel These pieces are not youth seen through the golden haze of retrospection. Musical Portraits Interpretations of Twenty Modern Composers "And he snapped his jaws together like a vise," recalled Paul, coming out from his gloomy retrospection. Golden Stories A Selection of the Best Fiction by the Foremost Writers She drew her brows together in puzzled retrospection. The Fruit of the Tree Suddenly the repose of Biedenkopf's retrospections was abruptly disconcerted by the distant pounding of hoofs far down the road from Verdun. The Man Who Rocked the Earth The generalizations of our philosophy grow wider, the gropings of our sympathetic faith become vaster, the retrospection and the prevision of our science keener and longer and more inclusive, every generation. The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life "But the luck is bound to change in the end," he went on, after a moment of mournful retrospection. The Danvers Jewels, and Sir Charles Danvers After an hour of retrospection at this place I walked back to the ship. The North Pole Its Discovery in 1909 under the auspices of the Peary Arctic Club She began to speak very slowly as if in careful retrospection. Robin How hope in one, and retrospection in the other, and appetite in both, meet over the same ground of pudding, and understand it to a nicety! Christmas Its Origin, Celebration and Significance as Related in Prose and Verse Better then 'to spare the future man many moments of painful retrospection,' by educing this sense of utility, 'while the time and opportunity of improvement remain unimpaired.' The Uncollected Writings of Thomas de Quincey—Vol. 1 With a Preface and Annotations by James Hogg But there was no time for retrospection, the minutes were fleeting rapidly by, he had to return to his breakfast with his father, who would expect his last hours to be spent with him. By Berwen Banks It was no moment for retrospection and the phantom eluded her. The Swindler and Other Stories Only mention it to anyone, and note the spark of interest, the smiling sigh, the air of gentle retrospection into which he will fall. The Wit and Humor of America, Volume I. (of X.) All that part of old Boston to which I have referred—the scene equally of Gilbert's birth and youth and first successes and of his tender retrospection—has been swept away or entirely changed. Modern Eloquence: Vol III, After-Dinner Speeches P-Z The total relaxation of the Vizier's authority, his inattention and dislike to business, leave the aumils in possession of this dangerous power, unawed, uncontrolled by any apprehension of retrospection, or the interference of justice. The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 12 (of 12) Thus long, I have cradled my heart in retrospection of past happiness, when hope was. The Last Man But to others, friendless, forsaken, and perhaps weary of a life of ill-requited toil, the retrospection is often inexpressibly mournful. Clemence The Schoolmistress of Waveland To the eye of contemplation it is one of the most memorable of landscapes; a stand-point for historical reverie, which attunes the mind for subsequent and less discursive retrospection. Gifts of Genius A Miscellany of Prose and Poetry by American Authors At this date of retrospection the first volume seems in many ways the best of any of the numerous books by the same author. Forgotten Books of the American Nursery A History of the Development of the American Story-Book It is possible that such a succession of stirring experiences may beget a vague consciousness of time at each successive moment, and apart from retrospection, simply by force of the change. Illusions A Psychological Study You knew—but away with the vain retrospection, The bond of affection no longer endures. Life of Lord Byron, Vol. 1 With His Letters and Journals Meantime, Edgar Poe was spending his last hours at the University in the dust and ashes of self-condemnation and regretful retrospection No farewell orgie celebrated his leave-taking. The Dreamer A Romantic Rendering of the Life-Story of Edgar Allan Poe His expression of happy anticipation is in vivid contrast to Jeremiah's sorrowful attitude of retrospection. Michelangelo A Collection Of Fifteen Pictures And A Portrait Of The Master, With Introduction And Interpretation The business of life is to go forward; he who sees evil in prospect meets it in his way, but he who catches it by retrospection turns back to find it. Many Thoughts of Many Minds A Treasury of Quotations from the Literature of Every Land and Every Age It may be contended that, strictly speaking, all introspection is retrospection, since even in attending to a present feeling the mind is reflectively representing to itself the immediately preceding momentary experience of that feeling. Illusions A Psychological Study You would cry out in the pain of retrospection and anticipation, that all the days of the years of your life are common days—"only that and nothing more." The Secret of a Happy Home (1896) For after all, retrospection is not so pleasant as anticipation. Lazy Thoughts of a Lazy Girl Sister of that "Idle Fellow." They then entered upon the business that lay before them, without any retrospection to the past. Pinnock's improved edition of Dr. Goldsmith's History of Rome to which is prefixed an introduction to the study of Roman history, and a great variety of valuable information added throughout the work, on the manners, institutions, and antiquities of the Romans; with numerous biographical and historical notes; and questions for examination at the end of each section. By Wm. C. Taylor. Old men love a great deal of quiet and of gentle meandering retrospection; and David and Sandy have each of them forty years' history to tell the other. Winter Evening Tales Doubtless Old Si Smith now and then indulges in reveries somewhat similar, but his retrospections would be of a minute and personal character. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. XVI., December, 1880. In order to make you understand my position, I must beg you to indulge me in a little retrospection. The Fatal Glove Before Scott no genius of the highest order had lent itself wholly or mainly to retrospection. A History of English Romanticism in the Nineteenth Century Brooding over him, silent, pensive, clear eyes fearlessly meeting his, she drifted into guiltless retrospection. The Firing Line In looking back through all our past life, does not the retrospection lead to this undoubting conclusion? True Riches Or, Wealth Without Wings Comparison and retrospection soon yielded to the present attraction of the scene, and the theatre became to him, "upon a new stock, the most delightful of recreations." A Book of the Play Studies and Illustrations of Histrionic Story, Life, and Character Well—but there is no use in retrospection. The Fatal Glove Every once in a while she accidentally caught him looking at her, with a look of amused, interested retrospection that made her vaguely uncomfortable. Kit of Greenacre Farm There was no retrospection, there were no imaginings, no fears, no disbeliefs. The Girl at the Halfway House A Story of the Plains In my retrospection I can only believe the Father deemed me worthy to be tested, at the same time giving wonderful revelations of Himself and many answers to prayer. Poems A Message of Hope "Whose name?" she inquired, roused by his voice from smiling retrospection. The Younger Set To drive you and them mad with the expected horror of such visitations—to make your nights hideous—your days but so many hours of melancholy retrospection. Varney the Vampire Or the Feast of Blood Let us have no more retrospection, if you please. The Goose Girl Her head drooped as her mind sank into unhappy retrospection. Sheila of Big Wreck Cove A Story of Cape Cod “Were you at the Shalem House dance last night?” asked Cornelian, by way of explaining his air of complacent retrospection. When William Came He was in a placid mood, and strangely inclined to retrospection. Scottish sketches He glanced at Janet again: her hands were clasped in her lap, and she was looking straight before her with smilingly grave lips and lowered lids, which nevertheless gave him a glimpse of retrospection. A Daughter of To-Day He had wasted time enough over retrospection; he determined to occupy himself with the present only. The Goose Girl In the flame of a lighted match Mrs. Pettengill's eyes sparkled with a kind of savage retrospection. Somewhere in Red Gap "I shall be sorry to leave Graustark," she said dreamily, after a long period of silent retrospection. Truxton King A Story of Graustark She was engaged in those duties and retrospections which every thoughtful person finds necessary, when coming deliberately, and with open eyes, to the boundaries of this mortal life. Lady Byron Vindicated A history of the Byron controversy from its beginning in 1816 to the present time The grand question, beforehand, is about wearing, and then there's a retrospection of what was worn, and how people looked. Real Folks But let us waste no time on retrospection. The Goose Girl But no acknowledgment came back, no error was admitted, and the day dragged itself to an end, leaving little in its train to turn one's thoughts from gloomy retrospection. The Siege of Kimberley The second day in the garden is remembered as the anniversary of my start from Liverpool, and I have plenty of time for retrospection. Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume II From Teheran To Yokohama On retrospection I believe this to have been a genuine and beautiful love on both sides. Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 2 Sexual Inversion So that hope and anticipation walked with the bolder pace, inasmuch as memory and retrospection were still their cherished companions. Shakespeare: His Life, Art, And Characters, Volume I. With An Historical Sketch Of The Origin And Growth Of The Drama In England "In Arnsberg's desk," returned the duke, the anger in his eyes giving place to gloomy retrospection. The Goose Girl He could not employ his precious moments in retrospection. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 55, No. 339, January, 1844 In seeing you and hearing the familiar English speech I am moved myself by currents of retrospection; my earth home comes back to me. The Certainty of a Future Life in Mars "No," said Harren mournfully, "it is useless"; and he relapsed into enchanted retrospection. The Tracer of Lost Persons What Ireland has to deal with now are the enactments and facts of the day, and to shake off the incubus of retrospection, as a strong man awaking would get rid of a nightmare. About Ireland Antiquity scowled sulkily out of its grave to see itself outdone; while even Posterity stood mute, gazing in gaping ecstasy of retrospection on the eventful field. Knickerbocker's History of New York, Complete I sat myself by her side; and as I contemplated her pale face and witnessed her grief, I fell into a train of melancholy retrospection on my numerous acts of vice and folly. Frank Mildmay Or, The Naval Officer Your life henceforth shall be reminiscent and its declining years shall be hallowed by the refulgent rays of retrospection.' Eugene Field, a Study in Heredity and Contradictions — Volume 1 "Good morning," said Harren dreamily, and walked away, head bent, gray eyes lost in retrospection, and on his lean, bronzed, attractive face an afterglow of color wholly becoming. The Tracer of Lost Persons Animation, retrospection, agitation chase from his seamed face all traces of drowsiness. The New North With Browning for the purpose of mental analysis a dialogue of retrospection may be of higher value than one which leans and presses towards the future. Robert Browning We find here the strain of elegiac sadness, of regretful retrospection, so generally present in Anglo-Saxon poetry of lyric character, and usually much more pronounced than in 'Widsith.' Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 2 Bereft of all external enjoyments, and destitute of great mental resources, it was retrospection and futurity that gilded the dark evening of her days, and shed their light on the dreary realities of life. Marriage Harren stood fingering the card, his gray eyes lost in retrospection; then he sauntered over to the bookcases, scanning the titles. The Tracer of Lost Persons Fields, which surround yon rustic cot, While yet I linger here, Adieu! you are not now forgot, To retrospection dear. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 20, No. 556, July 7, 1832 And I hid my face in my hands, crimson as it was from the retrospection. Miriam Monfort A Novel Take him now, Apart from retrospection prehistoric, What is the being of the lifted brow Doing at present? Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 99, September 13, 1890 They shrink from retrospection, for they cannot bear to feel they are not now as then, and the future shares to them the blackened shadows of the hopeless present. The Mother's Recompense, Volume 2 A Sequel to Home Influence He sat so long immersed in retrospection that the Tracer said: "I am listening, Captain," and the Captain woke up with a start. The Tracer of Lost Persons He lay now, for a moment, lost in retrospection. The Grandissimes The business of life is to go forwards: he who sees evil in prospect meets it in his way; but he who catches it by retrospection turns back to find it. The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 04 The Adventurer; The Idler For what should cheer the wretch's struggling heart; What lead him thro' misfortunes gloomy shades; When retrospection wings her keenest dart, And hope's dim land in misery's ocean fades? Poetic Sketches Although we are as much averse to retrospection in a tale as our readers can be, yet to retrace our steps for a short interval is a necessity. The Mother's Recompense, Volume 2 A Sequel to Home Influence Pondering there, immersed in frowning retrospection, the room, the Tracer, the city seemed to fade from his view. The Tracer of Lost Persons Alone, on birthdays or holidays, one is very apt to indulge in sad retrospections. Eighty Years and More; Reminiscences 1815-1897 The present state of things is before his eyes; and, if he cannot be satisfied without retrospection, yet he seldom extends his views beyond the historical events of the last century. The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 04 The Adventurer; The Idler She bent her head, considering, lost in the retrospection of her naive philosophy. Ailsa Paige Claire's invitation to be one of a distinguished group fed her vanity long after her daughter had outworn the delights of retrospection. The Blood Red Dawn But so varied is our pathway of life, that a thorough retrospection must ever be fraught with sad as well as pleasing reflection. Withered Leaves from Memory's Garland The decline of life, and the retrospections of old age, furnish unequivocal tests of worthiness and unworthiness. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 12, No. 341, November 15, 1828 The faint smile on her lips showed her comfort, mingled with retrospection. Trailin'! He extended his booted legs, propped his back against a pillar, and continued smoking carefully and economically to save his fragments of Virginia leaf, deeply absorbed in retrospection. Ailsa Paige This fit of retrospection had been provoked by two letters which had come that morning. The Custom of the Country Yet the retrospection is not altogether without solace; for with those gloomy recollections come tender memories of my good old grandmother, like light, fleecy clouds floating over a dark and troubled sea. Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl Written by Herself Again and again he experienced in retrospection the exquisite thrill that had run through every fiber of his being at the sight of her averted eyes and flushed face. The Monster Men To dream of hearing the music of an accordion, denotes that you will engage in amusement which will win you from sadness and retrospection. Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted, or what's in a dream: a scientific and practical exposition But she finds great pleasure in such retrospections, great pleasure. A Woman of No Importance Presently she ceased to twist and sparkle at her image, and sinking into her chair gave herself up to retrospection. The Custom of the Country As the Marchioness Manson rose to her climax her face assumed an expression of ecstatic retrospection which would have moved Archer's mirth had he not been numb with amazement. The Age of Innocence It was to seem to him in retrospection that neither for the next half-hour began a sentence without this formula. The Certain Hour In this lucidity of retrospection the most trivial detail had its significance, and the rapture of recovery was embittered to Glennard by the perception of all that he had missed. The Touchstone The time is but as a speck, yet large enough to justify a pause for retrospection—and a pause it must only be. My Bondage and My Freedom She herself indulged in no such morbid retrospection. The Awakening and Selected Short Stories It seemed as if there never came a minute for retrospection, but her mother appeared on the scene with more work, or some entertaining thing to do. A Girl of the Limberlost He smiled in retrospection at the discomfiture of his enemy, and in anticipation of another day as he added an extra strand to his new rope. Jungle Tales of Tarzan His glance grew aimless, his temper as purposeless, lively anticipation giving way to a retrospection tinged with indefinable sadness. The Bronze Bell He began to see things truly by the drab light of retrospection. Way of the Lawless Something in Elfreda's brusque tones acted as an antidote to her retrospection. Grace Harlowe's Return to Overton Campus The great pleasure of advancing years is retrospection. Memoirs of the Life and Correspondence of Henry Reeve, C.B., D.C.L. In Two Volumes. Volume II. To me I feel as if it would be a silent sorrow rather, and would bring me painful retrospections, nothing else. Thomas Carlyle How lamentable to see the terrors of death aggravated by the remorse and horrors of retrospection! Female Scripture Biographies, Volume II But far more exalted pleasures of memory and retrospection await the Christian in a future world. Female Scripture Biographies, Volume I Gone are they all beyond recall, And I—a shade, a mere reflection— Am forced to feed my spirit's greed Upon the husks of retrospection! A Little Book of Western Verse Laura said we must prepare for retrospection and the fall sewing. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 31, May, 1860 There followed a silence, during which Jem Agar went back in mental retrospection to the only interview he had ever had with Seymour Michael, and the old lurking sense of distrust awoke within his heart. From One Generation to Another Yet words like these fail to give the solemnity of his last years,— the sense of grave retrospection, of humble self-judgment, of hopeful looking to the end. Wordsworth In many cases they have proved the basis, of future eminence in piety, and blended delightfully with the gladdening retrospections of declining life. Female Scripture Biographies, Volume I In the agony of remorse, at the retrospection, he thus required that this his confession should hereafter be given to the public. Reminiscences of Samuel Taylor Coleridge and Robert Southey To think of time—of all that retrospection! Poems By Walt Whitman The old man was not reposing; thoughtful and aroused he took a clear retrospection of those phases of life that had left scars even on his placid heart. The Old Homestead This retrospection, as we shall have occasion later on to recur to the subject of devotion to the dead in England, must necessarily be both brief and cursory. Purgatory Plank looked out of the window, his shrewd blue eyes closing in retrospection. The Fighting Chance They had no time, however, for retrospection; but, once more taking the shore, kept steadily northward. Darkness and Dawn Allow me a brief retrospection of it all. Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 5 In this retrospection she was clearly conscious of the gradual change that had taken place within her. Doctor Pascal It is the useful, he adds, which must constitute the merit of history, that by the retrospection of what is past, when similar events occur, men may know how to act in present exigencies. Trips to the Moon "I really don't know; haven't ever tried, since"—a wonderful retrospection in his tones—"since I was a little chap in church and wore white robes." A Man and His Money But this is no time, now, for retrospection. Darkness and Dawn My interest in this man's extraordinary tissue of retrospection was increasing, and I felt that I must not doubt nor deny; to do so would be to break the spell, to close the book. The Vizier of the Two-Horned Alexander The girl remained seated upon the grass, her hands clasped over her knee and a look of deep retrospection upon her face. Aunt Jane's Nieces at Millville That I am fond of indulging, beyond a hope of sympathy, in such retrospection, may be the symptom of some sickly idiosyncrasy. The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 2 Elia and The Last Essays of Elia With no ties of contemporary interest to hold her to the present she fell more and more under the influence of the habit of retrospection. Miss Ludington's Sister I tried to stem the torrent of retrospection, but nothing would silence her; as she said herself, the pent up feelings must have their course. Esther : a book for girls In the clear light of retrospection he now saw how impossible it was for her to have been the princess. Beverly of Graustark He could not enter into her sad and bitter retrospection, feeling that this was morbid and worse than useless. The Earth Trembled He, by invoking old recollections on either side, and judiciously inviting them to a retrospection of their former mutual courtesies, and early undimmed pleasures, gradually brought the would-be sundered people to a wiser mind. A Treatise on the Six-Nation Indians The conviction that the past was deathless, and her bright girlhood immortal, took all the melancholy out of retrospection. Miss Ludington's Sister Come, Colonel; do not waste time in useless retrospection. Man on the Box The reality was once enjoyed by the narrator, and there was a delight in the retrospection "sweet and mournful to the soul." Thaddeus of Warsaw Usually this pensive retrospection is the premonitory sign that one is nearing the last milestone before the downhill side of life begins. Our Friend John Burroughs All this retrospection is expressed by his penetrating eyes it every visit. The Diary and Letters of Madame D'Arblay — Volume 3 Nay, more than that, it turned retrospection into anticipation. Miss Ludington's Sister It is in retrospection that she sits and there's expelled for ever from her face that aspect mutinous, intolerant, defiant, that used to visit there. This Freedom A familiar form of the new illusion we wake to is seen in the exclamation that so often follows retrospection: "Oh, what a fool I was!" Without Prejudice And the more he thought about it the happier he became, and more than once he stopped and shook his head in pleased retrospection. Parables of a Province Actualities, outlooks, retrospections—my view of them had been jarred and distorted by an unexpected, stunning blow. Over Prairie Trails Here is retrospection on the part of the prophet. The Great Doctrines of the Bible We have borrowed competitive examination from the Chinese; and, in these morbid days of weak introspection and retrospection, we might learn wisdom from the sturdy old Khemites. The Kasidah of Haji Abdu El-Yezdi Here Hawkins allowed "Bleak House" to drop listlessly into his lap while he indulged in a moment or two of retrospection. Her Weight in Gold Vicious self-indulgence and selfishness are rarely satisfying in retrospection, whereas all courage and heroism and tenderness are a source of unending comfort. Problems of Conduct The girl's golden eyes became lost in retrospection. In Secret And his undoubted vanity prompted him to have a little volume of his own in that library to which he could turn occasionally for the retrospection of his own cleverness. The Voice on the Wire As the impression came he accelerated his steps, moved by the wish to make regret and retrospection alike impossible by a contact with actual forces. The Masquerader For two or three minutes the illusion remained, till it was banished by retrospection. The Kellys and the O'Kellys Expectation leads us to the dividing line of life, and from there retrospection carries us to the end. Half a Rogue I seldom indulge in retrospection, Laura; it unfits me for endurance of the heartless life we lead in Paris. Prince Eugene and His Times The passage of years brings a man at last to retrospection; at seventy-two one's youth is far more important than it was at forty. In the Days of the Comet From these painful and humiliating retrospections, the emperor's thoughts wandered to the beautiful being, who, like a hamadryad, had blended her life with the tree of Polish liberty. Joseph II. and His Court Garth paused for breath and to enjoy a moment of silent retrospection. The Rosary It looks, on retrospection, miserably dull and empty of incident. Poor Miss Finch He was aroused from this retrospection by a knock on his door. Merton of the Movies Do you suppose that I have ever been happy—who have a long, active life in retrospection? Old Fritz and the New Era Viewed from the retrospection of forty years this offer certainly looks like one of the greatest prizes in American business. The Age of Big Business; a chronicle of the captains of industry These letters show no retrospection, no looking backward. The Age of Invention : a chronicle of mechanical conquest In sober retrospection it was almost incredible that the thin khaki line had held against the overwhelming odds which faced it. The Canadian Dominion; a chronicle of our northern neighbor When we had gone a little way beyond the gate, I pulled my hat over my eyes, and indulged these sad retrospections unobserved. My Ten Years' Imprisonment The tears which the princess had shed on her account weighed like a heavy burden upon her heart, burning into her very soul in this hour of lonely, sad retrospection. Old Fritz and the New Era To you Old Settlers this day has been set apart by the folks of this community for your enjoyment and retrospection, and for our education and benefit. Epistles from Pap: Letters from the man known as 'The Will Rogers of Indiana' Here besides the law of retrospection, which regards all the past as a preparation for events that subsequently occur, the law of reciprocity comes in, confusing the whole matter. War and Peace "Well, she never said anything she hadn't thought out," he said in slow retrospection. T. Tembarom It then became evident that the traveler had seen her, and was not averse to her interest in his movements, although he had not changed his attitude of savage retrospection. Susy, a story of the Plains It was a sad, searching retrospection, but in it she found consolation and excuse for herself. Old Fritz and the New Era Happily for Adrienne, she had too many positive cares, to be enabled to waste many minutes either in retrospection, or in endeavors to conjecture the future. Autobiography of a Pocket-Handkerchief This King can shake away such things; and is not given overmuch to retrospection on the unalterable Past. History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 18 Public buildings, monuments of the past, count for much in the phenomena of retrospection; but the monuments of modern industry are freestone quarries, saltpetre mines, cotton factories. Beatrix Actions, tremendous and world-wide, had set his vision toward the future; he had been too busy to waste time in retrospection and introspection. The Drums of Jeopardy The poor wife, with her dismal retrospections, must not cast a shadow upon your future. Old Fritz and the New Era No dim blue eye of retrospection and reflection had Johnny; no tendency to tall slenderness which would later bow beneath the greater weight of the soul. The Copy-Cat and Other Stories By a phenomenon of retrospection I see now the graces of Honorine's mind and heart, to which I paid little heed in the time of my happiness—like all who are happy. Honorine Paris, by retrospection, shines from all its facets. Sons of the Soil With the Irish impulsiveness which generally weighs acts in retrospection, she reached over and gripped his hand. The Drums of Jeopardy Continuity and discontinuity will thus admit possibility of reconciliation, the one as an aspect of ascent towards the future, the other as an aspect of retrospection after the event. A New Philosophy: Henri Bergson Your retrospections must be so totally void of reproach, that the contentment arising from them is not of philosophy, but, what is much better, of innocence. Pride and Prejudice The serene and soothing touch of history also aroused old enthusiasms, although some of their manifestations were such as one smiles over more easily in retrospection than at the moment. Twenty Years at Hull House; with autobiographical notes To Think of Time 1 To think of time—of all that retrospection, To think of to-day, and the ages continued henceforward. Leaves of Grass Dear Sir Rowland, I am confounded with confusion at the retrospection of my own rudeness,—I have more pardons to ask than the pope distributes in the year of jubilee. The Way of the World Through him our daily suns, and also the backward and historic suns long since set, which he did not sing, are magnified; and he bestows upon us an exalted retrospection. Hearts of Controversy This retrospection, by making the dead seem to live again, added to the horror of her sudden bereavement, and Harley would most gladly have spared her more. Fire-Tongue |
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