Sentence examples for was a recollection from inspiring English sources

Spooner, scraping a meagre living as a minor poet and odd-job man, was a recollection of his own impoverished past.

It was a recollection, too, of the necessary muteness of resistance fighters caught by the Nazis, or quietly leading children across the Swiss border to safety, as Mr Marceau had done.

The only mention of cigarillos he made to the detective was a recollection of the call about the theft that had come across his radio and that provided a description of the suspect.

(This is a recollection of a seven-year-old phone call, but Mr. Sullivan said it sounded right to him).

I should make it clear that "Blackbird" is a recollection of what, by any legal definition, was sexual abuse.

Though dramatic events occur in the opera, the story itself is a recollection and lacks narrative tension.

The next item (1907) is a recollection for a local newspaper by George Herron, Simon's younger brother, about their early days in Carstairs.

It is a recollection of Mr Bowie's time in Berlin in the mid 1970s, hanging around with artists such as Iggy Pop.

It's a recollection of that time when you got the tattoo and the reason you got it," Mr. Coppoletta said.

Written in a lighthearted style, "Kitchen Privileges" is a recollection of interesting moments in a writer's life rather than a reflection on their meaning.

But there is still a crucial difference in that while autobiography is a recollection of something, fiction creates a world of some kind.