All 3 Uses of
resume
in
Frankenstein - 1831 version
- It was after my return from one of these rambles that my father, calling me aside, thus addressed me, "I am happy to remark, my dear son, that you have resumed your former pleasures and seem to be returning to yourself.†
p. 156.0resumed = began again
- I left the room, and locking the door, made a solemn vow in my own heart never to resume my labours; and then, with trembling steps, I sought my own apartment.†
p. 171.6resume = begin again
- My change of manner surprised and pleased the magistrate; perhaps he thought that my former exclamation was a momentary return of delirium, and now he instantly resumed his former benevolence.†
p. 185.2 *resumed = began again
Definition:
begin or take on again