fail to recollect

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If you have got any memory at all, you can't fail to recollect it.

From East Lynne by Wood, Henry, Mrs.

I fail to recollect whether it was Choppy or Ashley with whom I landed at Goa Medical College where the injured were brought.

From Behind the News: Voices from Goa's Press by Various

Dear Sir—On the first Sunday forthcoming after the receiving hereof, you will not fail to recollect in the remembering prayer, that we return thanks for our safe arrival in London, after a dangerous voyage. 

From The Ayrshire Legatees, or, the Pringle family by Galt, John

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.

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 Pinkerton, Allan