recital

• I therefore object to any amendments, except a substitute; perhaps a substitute may be offered striking out the recital and all; but an amendment to it is out of order, in my view Mr. HUNTER:--In regard to the question of order, I understand that the recital is the recital of the committee, and that the question before us is on these propositions for amending the Constitution of the United States, which are to be treated as a bill. —  A Report of the Debates and Proceedings in the Secret Sessions of the Conference Convention For Proposing Amendments to the Constitution of the United States, Held at Washington, D.C., in February, A.D. 1861
• The music of the unfamiliar names that occurred in his recital was a stimulant to the poet's imagination. —  The Octopus : A story of California
• I went She paused a moment, as if the recital was infinitely painful to her, then she went on I found my way to his room. —  The Trail of '98 A Northland Romance
• When the recital was ended, Bridoul spoke in his turn I am willing to swear that the captain is not in Paris. —  Which? or, Between Two Women
• When the recital was ended he made no reply, but, rising slowly, left the hut and went to his own home We will not follow him thither: there are some home-comings which are better left undescribed But next day Nazinred relaunched his canoe, and, with a small quantity of provisions and a large supply of ammunition, set off alone for the shores of the Arctic Sea. —  The Walrus Hunters A Romance of the Realms of Ice

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