I think I see my mother opening the box and recounting this little tale.
He kept a journal of his observations, which had the double advantage of deepening his impressions by recounting them, and second, it taught him the use of language.
From there he sent forth a lengthy message to the Senate, recounting the accidental shipwreck, and telling how Agrippina had plotted against his life, recounting her crimes in deprecatory, sophistical phrase.
You are recounting the history of my own sufferings," murmured the king, in a low voice.
No adventures were ever better worth recounting than are those of Antonio of Monte Velluto, a very Bayard among outlaws.
Then he jested respecting the bareness of the lonely pavilion which they occupied, recounting that as yet they possessed only a dozen plates and five egg-cups.
As soon as they were face to face on either side of the table, Mathieu began to pour forth his confession, recounting his dream--his poem, as he called it.
At the same time letters were taken from the governor to the Tutons, Aytaos, and visitors of the provinces of Canton and Chincheo, recounting the outbreak of the Chinese, which obliged the Spaniards to kill them.
Morga cites a letter from a Spanish officer at La Palma, recounting the purpose and outcome of van Noordt's expedition to the Indian archipelago.
From this city he despatched letters to all the Christian powers, recounting his misfortunes: the injuries inflicted on him by the usurpation of King Charles and the hatred of Pope Urban IV.
Romescos has told something more than he knows, and continues, at random, recounting a dozen or more irrelevant things.
WHILE Franconia revives, let us beg the reader's indulgence for not recounting the details thereof.
The troops would still have perished for want, had not the noble sultaun been melted by the grief of John of Brienne, who wept while recounting the distress in which he had left his people.
Thus Galbertus Syndick, of Bruges, in recounting the death of Charles the Good, Count of Flanders, A.
But while I have been recounting these remarks, I have wandered far from my original subject, and left my poor log-house quite in an unfinished state.
After recounting the dispensations granted by himself and his Deputies, Great Sachem Page closed his admirable Long Talk as follows: "In discharging my duties I have been made a better Red Man and a better man.
One day Mirabeau was recountingthe qualities which, in those difficult times, one should possess to be minister of state.
There was not a moment to be lost; but the very evening before, as they walked together in the garden, she had confessed to him the misery in which she lived by recounting the story of her ill-sorted marriage.
The song over, I heard a harsh, gruff voice mixing with the more civilized tones of the party, and soon perceived that Mr. Brail was recounting my proposal amid the most uproarious shouts of laughter I ever listened to.
Luther himself adds when recounting this: “Then I came on the scene and started something new.
In telling her own story she passed this almost entirely over, simply recounting the event.
Since 1906 there have been occasional despatches from Manila recounting small episodes of bloodshed, several of which have had quite a martial ring.
She saw it on the way home with Alex, all the time she was laughingly recounting some of her Warwick Hall escapades.
He read and re-read its glowing descriptions of nature, committed favorite portions to memory, and never tired of recounting its beauties in the hearing of his sympathetic friends.
One might have thought that these bells wererecounting to each other, through the empty waste, the sinister story of a perishing world.
He paraded the streets, recounting his story to all who would listen to him.
As a system of political economy I need say little of Socialism, beyond recounting some of the things we have already considered.
But it is dreary and unpleasant work recounting evil conditions; constantly looking at the sores of society is a morbid and soul-destroying task.
After recountingthe differences and difficulties, he ends by suggesting that both should tender their resignations, and that some one gentleman be elected as the sole conductor.
