Lexicographical Neighbors of Retrospecting
Literary usage of Retrospecting
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Speech by Jesse W. Jackson (1867)
"In retrospecting the mighty past, I have in vain sought to bring tu light, one
solitary instance, amidst the uprising and downfall of empires and nations, ..."
2. Buddhist Dictionary: Manual of Buddhist Terms and Doctrinesby Nyanatiloka by Nyanatiloka (1980)
"Now, as soon as this stage has passed, seven moments of impulsive
consciousness (javana-citta), one after the other, flash up while retrospecting
the path. ..."
3. The American Historical Review by American Historical Association (1905)
"Wellington's political career was practically comprised within the four years
from 1828 to 1832 ; and in retrospecting it half a century later, ..."
4. The Cambridge Modern History by Adolphus William Ward, George Walter Prothero (1907)
"It is worth while, however, to cast a retrospecting glance at some of the places
which had been distanced in the race for wealth, and to enquire why so many ..."
5. United States Supreme Court Reportsby Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1882)
"... may consist with sound policy, and the good of the people; it prohibits them
from retrospecting upon existing obligations, upon any • pretext whatever. ..."
6. Popular Science Monthly (1906)
"... distinctness the nature of the game, and wherein his piny was defective,
wherein correct. For myself, thus retrospecting, 1 am constrained to say that, ..."
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