1 When I reflect, my dear cousin," said she, "on the miserable death of Justine Moritz, I no longer see the world and its works as they before appeared to me.
2 This passion is detrimental to me, for you do not reflect that YOU are the cause of its excess.
3 I paused some time to reflect on all he had related and the various arguments which he had employed.
4 Its fair lakes reflect a blue and gentle sky, and when troubled by the winds, their tumult is but as the play of a lively infant when compared to the roarings of the giant ocean.
5 This idea plunged me into a reverie so despairing and frightful that even now, when the scene is on the point of closing before me forever, I shudder to reflect on it.
6 My rage is unspeakable when I reflect that the murderer, whom I have turned loose upon society, still exists.
7 Yet it is terrible to reflect that the lives of all these men are endangered through me.
8 I shall never reflect on my former acquaintance with your family in Devonshire without the most grateful pleasure, and flatter myself it will not be broken by any mistake or misapprehension of my actions.
9 In short, I do not mean to reflect upon the behaviour of any person whom you have a regard for, Mrs. Jennings.
10 And with this pleasing anticipation, she sat down to reconsider the past, recall the words and endeavour to comprehend all the feelings of Edward; and, of course, to reflect on her own with discontent.
11 Long before I was enough recovered to talk, I was perfectly able to reflect.
12 I began to reflect whether I had done anything to offend her; and my conscience whispered me that I had not yet told her about Dora.
David Copperfield By Charles DickensContext Highlight In CHAPTER 34. MY AUNT ASTONISHES ME 13 In fulfilment of the compact I have made with myself, to reflect my mind on this paper, I again examine it, closely, and bring its secrets to the light.
14 It may be profitable to you to reflect, in future, that there never were greed and cunning in the world yet, that did not do too much, and overreach themselves.
David Copperfield By Charles DickensContext Highlight In CHAPTER 52. I ASSIST AT AN EXPLOSION 15 Nature sometimes mingles her effects and her spectacles with our actions with sombre and intelligent appropriateness, as though she desired to make us reflect.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor HugoContext Highlight In BOOK 2: CHAPTER XI—WHAT HE DOES