But I was determined upon revenge, and I went on dressing myself and revolving in my mind the darkest plots.
— from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Complete by Giacomo Casanova

"It is quite natural, my dear uncle Ro; and I own to the 'soft impeachment' myself.
— from The Chainbearer; Or, The Littlepage Manuscripts by James Fenimore Cooper

"Providence will not desert us, Richard," answered Isabella.
— from The Mysteries of London, v. 2/4 by George W. M. (George William MacArthur) Reynolds

No sooner had the news of the disaster reached General Clark than he determined upon reprisals and immediately summoned Colonels Boone, Logan, and other officers, as well as Kenton and two or three more scouts, to a council at Fort Nelson.
— from Daniel Boone, Backwoodsman by C. H. Forbes-Lindsay

Theology herself has largely based this doctrine upon revelation; and, in discussing it, has tended more and more to substitute conventional ideas of criminal law for a priori principles of reason.
— from The Varieties of Religious Experience: A Study in Human Nature by William James

“I may as well tell you, however, that I overheard your exclamation when your eyes fell upon the sign in that dingy upper room, and I followed you both home to Grosvenor Street, determined that if you would allow me I would stand your friend.
— from The Closed Book: Concerning the Secret of the Borgias by William Le Queux

That, in consequence, he had determined upon revenge, and in future would be heart and hand with the ship’s company; but that to secure their mutual object, it would be better that he should appear devoted to Vanslyperken as before, and at variance with the ship’s company.
— from Snarleyyow; or, The Dog Fiend by Frederick Marryat

As the turtle began to make for the open sea, I hoisted the sail again; and, finding the opposition too much for it, the creature again directed its course landward, drawing us rapidly after it.
— from The Swiss Family Robinson; or, Adventures on a Desert Island by Johann David Wyss

A Doctor Young, who in the account referred 108 to is described as having been an eminent practitioner for more than forty years in the town, is said to have declared that infants afflicted with scrofulous diseases, tumors and the like, too obstinate to yield to medical aid, did unquestionably receive almost immediate relief from the healing hand of Lieutenant Robbe.
— from The Myths and Fables of To-Day by Samuel Adams Drake

I determined upon rising, and I have risen to what I am.
— from The First Violin A Novel by Jessie Fothergill