Recollections grave and gay.

Maybe her name will shake up my recollection box, for I've seen her somewhere, sure.

In his dulled mind one recollection remainedthe picture of Howells coldly challenging him with his level smile to make a secret entrance of the old bedroom in a murderous effort to escape the penalty of the earlier crime.

My own first recollection reverts to these better years.

Otherwise, as a general rule, the recollection sinks, and appears to be utterly drowned in the waters of Lethe.

It may be that the scene only comes back upon you in shifting outlines, you recall the general facts, and some few particulars are vivid, but the greater part of the details vanish again before they can assume decisive shape; they are but half nascent, or die as soon as born: a wave of recollection washes over the mind, but it quickly retires, leaving no trace behind.