fail to recollect
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We too often fail to recollect the hours of wearying labour that have been devoted to the acquirement of those qualifications which, when seen in the results, are much admired.
From The Gentleman Cadet His Career and Adventures at the Royal Military Academy Woolwich by Drayson, A.W.
No one who has ever visited that ancient city can fail to recollect the splendid gateway which terminates the vista of St. Paul's street, and stands there yet in all its pristine beauty.
From Half-Hours with Great Story-Tellers by Various
Dr. Blake, Mr. Buncomb, and Mr. Dummet, will not fail to recollect it, and that they promised to attend the county meeting and support an address for Reform.
From Memoirs of Henry Hunt, Esq. — Volume 2 by Hunt, Henry
He could not fail to recollect her quietness of last night, when he noticed the languor of her eyes, the dejection of her mouth, and the effort it was to her to speak.
From The Vicissitudes of Bessie Fairfax by Lee, Holme, [pseud.]
Besides these considerations, the Emperor cannot fail to recollect that he has been made an object of mistrust and suspicion in Europe on account of his supposed projects of aggrandizement on the Rhine.
From Selected Speeches on British Foreign Policy 1738-1914 by Jones, Edgar R. (Edgar Rees), Sir
