Resolutions

Examples

• She is swift in making up her mind and fearless in carrying out her resolutions. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• His resolutions and actions affect a greater number of his fellow-creatures. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
• They made speeches, and passed resolutions, and put their names down, and printed off thousands of prospectuses. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• I summoned all the resolutions I had made, in all those many days and nights, and all those many conflicts of my heart. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• DEAR SIR, The resolutions of the Boston people concerning trade make a great noise here. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• Yet that doesn't hinder us from making resolutions. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• I determined to make no resolutions until the expiration of those three months, but to try. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• Had Rebecca's resolutions been entirely different, he would have followed them as implicitly. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• But the human reason is an obstinate thing, and will criticize and select in spite of its own resolutions. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Led by several of the nobles, it made a clean sweep, in a series of resolutions, of serfdom, privileges, tax exemptions, tithes, feudal courts. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• I think the resolutions of _right_ will give them very little concern if they are never attempted to be carried into practice. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• It was a little thing, but it went straight to their hearts, and in spite of their brave resolutions, they all broke down and cried bitterly. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• On the 10th of January, 1865, the resolutions of thanks to Sherman and his army passed by Congress were approved. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• I'm apt to forget my resolutions, but if I had something always about me to remind me, I guess I should do better. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• There they was, a-passin' resolutions, and wotin' supplies, and all sorts o' games. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• After breakfast, Mr. Franklin took one of his sudden resolutions, and went out precipitately to quiet his mind by a long walk. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• He thoroughly knows his own mind, and acts up to his resolutions: an inestimable quality. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.

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