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I have been out of spirits and much depressed during the first days of my stay at Bannisters, but this gloom passing off, and I am resuming my more habitual buoyancy of temper....

From Records of Later Life by Kemble, Fanny

I am resuming my letter interrupted for two days by my wounded hand which inconveniences me a good deal.

From The George Sand-Gustave Flaubert Letters by McKenzie, Aimée G. Leffingwel

Glen-House, White Hills, October 3d.—I am resuming my unfinished letter to you, my dear Sue, much nearer heaven than I began it.

From The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2 No 4, October, 1862 Devoted To Literature And National Policy by Various

Thanks to you, I am resuming the direction of events; and we shall have some amusement. . . .

From The Woman of Mystery by Leblanc, Maurice