fail to recollect

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Looking at the moon, he will not fail to recollect that the very same silver disk hangs at the very same moment between the branches of the laurels in Italy.

From The Campaner Thal and Other Writings by Jean Paul

It is impossible that the people can fail to recollect in a little while that the reticence of which they complain is under the circumstances inevitable.

From The Life of Froude by Paul, Herbert W. (Herbert Woodfield)

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.

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.]