If so, there was time for a considerable return of prosperity; and the retention or forfeiture of their chattels when they were reconquered would depend very greatly upon circumstances unknown to us.
"The Expositor's Bible: The Book of Exodus"
G. A. Chadwick
She told Annie every particular, and she forgot to say a word of reproach concerning the dishonourable retention of her letter by Rem.
"The Maid of Maiden Lane"
Amelia E. Barr
I have stated these two events not as very important factors in the history of a life, but because they illustrate the teaching of mental philosophy, that memory's power of retention and in individual's ability to recall any particular fact depends upon the intensity of emotion attending that fact or event.
"Memoirs of Orange Jacobs"
Orange Jacobs