"On the way Murkison amuses himself with premonitions and advance pleasant recollections.
One of the earliest recollections of my adventurous childhood is the ride I had on a pony's side.
My recollections of childhood are distinct, perhaps for the reason that many stirring incidents are associated with that period.
I had nothing to say to these words: they were not new to me: my very first recollections of existence included hints of the same kind.
But afterward she preserved lively recollections of the character of Robespierre, and did not even forget Marie Antoinette and the Princess de Lamballe.
Up Church-street I contrived a peep at the old gray tower where the chimes hung; and as we turned the corner a glance at the 'Brandon Arms.' How very small and low that palatial hostelry of my earlier recollections had grown!
All this may appear like mere egotism, yet I cannot refrain from uttering these recollections, which are passing like a strain of music over my mind and have been called up by an agreeable scene which I witnessed not long since.
The first dim impression borne to his awakening mind was a confusion of savage sounds which gradually resolved themselves into the growling of lions, and then, little by little, there came back to him the recollections of what had preceded the blow that had felled him.