past recollection
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This, however, very soon disappeared in the stream of past recollection and present interests, and a rapid, lively conversation soon united them all.
From The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 02 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English. in Twenty Volumes by Francke, Kuno
He snatched up the lamp and peered into my face, but he was long past recollection.
From Salute to Adventurers by Buchan, John
Adj. forgotten &c. v.; unremembered, past recollection, bygone, out of mind; buried in oblivion, sunk in oblivion; clean forgotten; gone out of one's head, gone out of one's recollection. forgetful, oblivious, mindless, Lethean; insensible &c.
From Roget's Thesaurus by Roget, Peter Mark
