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Hugh Morice had been resorting to that medicine--in whose qualifications to minister to a mind diseased he more than half believed--a ride upon his motor car.

From Miss Arnott's Marriage by Marsh, Richard

Foreigners had been resorting to him from all parts of the world, and gave him hopes of new fields for codifying.

From The English Utilitarians, Volume I. by Stephen, Leslie, Sir

In truth Eustace had been resorting all this time to the companionship of the Horsmans.

From My Young Alcides by Yonge, Charlotte Mary

Vereker had been resorting to a furtive hint of a declaration, disguised as fiction.

From Somehow Good by De Morgan, William Frend