Citations:misremember
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English citations of misremember
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- To remember incorrectly.
- 1641 April 21, Lord George Digby, "Delivery to the House of Commons on the Bill of Attainder againts Stratford,"
- "...that he, who twice upon oath, with time of recollection, could not remember anything of such a business, might well, a third time, misremember somewhat;..."
- 1750 Ralph Griffiths, "The Monthly Review,"
- "His name, if I do not misremember, was Peter Otsequot."
- 1792 Massachusetts Historical Society, "Collections of the Massachusetts Historical Society,"
- "I must inform you that you were yesterday unanimously chosen Paymaster General, with the pay of 100 Dollars per month, if I do not misremember." (p.94)
- 1801 Jonathan Swift, "The Works of the Rev. Jonathan Swift, D.D., Dean of St. Patrick's, Dublin," Oxford,
- "I have been assured...if I misremember not." (p.33)
- 1821 December 11, Thomas Jefferson, "Letter to John Cabel Breckenridge,"
- "I may misremember indifferent circumstances, but can be right in substance. "
- 1823 John Locke, "The Works of John Locke,"
- "If I misremember not, your hypothesis pretends the use of force to be not barely to make men give an ear, nor yet to consider..." (p.499)
- 1856 Nathaniel Hawthorne, "Passages from the English Note-Books," Houghton Mifflin,
- "I looked here and there for the old Bell Inn, because, unless I misremember, Fielding brings Tom Jones to this inn..." (p.307-8)
- 1935 Alfred Emanuel Smith, "New Outlook," page 453
- "Whether men utterly forget their own boyhood or simply misremember it..."
- 1979 George W. S. Bailey, "Privacy and the Mental," Rodopi, page 116
- "Since one may misremember, such beliefs can be mistaken."
- 1994 David Morrell, "Blood Oath," McMillan, page 17
- "Did the military screw things up, or did you simply misremember?"
- 2008 February 13, Ronald Blum and Howard Fendrich, "Clemens Takes His Lumps on Capitol Hill" [1], Associated Press,
- "Andy Pettitte is my friend. He was my friend before this. He will be my friend after this and again. I think Andy has misheard," Clemens said. "I think he misremembers."
- 1641 April 21, Lord George Digby, "Delivery to the House of Commons on the Bill of Attainder againts Stratford,"