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In the first week of the war the London Times recommended, for blackout nights, a reperusal of such "lenitive" 19th Century giants as Trollope and Dickens.

From Time Magazine Archive

"There is no such statement in the paragraph," said Mr. Puddicombe, after attentive reperusal of the article.

From Dr. Wortle's School by Trollope, Anthony

That he might do so in strict compliance with the request contained in the letter of this morning, he applied himself to the reperusal of the epistle which had already caused him so much affliction.

From Dilemmas of Pride, (Vol 2 of 3) by Loudon, Margracia

Think only, my dearest girl upon the gratification which the perusal and reperusal fifty times repeated will afford me, and thou wilt write me something or other every day.

From The Life of Captain Matthew Flinders by Scott, Ernest

Silence was, in measure, restored by my appearance, and I took the opportunity to demand from the minister a reperusal of the letter that had just been read.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 327, January, 1843 by Various