What is a looking back on things past; view or contemplation of the past. Cowper. We may introduce a song without retrospect to the old comedy. Landor called?
retrospect — A looking back on things past; view or contemplation of the past. Cowper. We may introduce a song without retrospect to the old comedy. Landor. (Webster's 1913.)
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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