fail to recollect
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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
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.]
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)
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
