fail to recollect
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And the whole quotation is serviceable for many purposes, and since you at the moment fail to recollect it, I myself will repeat it to you.
From The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us by Athen?us
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 Henry Hunt
If you have got any memory at all, you can't fail to recollect it.
From East Lynne by Mrs. Henry Wood
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
Mather could not fail to recollect the affectionate manner in which she had received his previous gifts, and he therefore decided to try the same policy again.
From Mississippi Outlaws and the Detectives Don Pedro and the Detectives; Poisoner and the Detectives by Allan Pinkerton
