All 3 Uses of
resolution
in
Moby Dick
- No resolution could withstand it; in that dreamy mood losing all consciousness, at last my soul went out of my body; though my body still continued to sway as a pendulum will, long after the power which first moved it is withdrawn.†
Chpt 61-63
- It is only within the last month or two that that society passed a resolution to patronise nothing but steel pens.†
Chpt 64-66
- Does not this whole head seem to speak of an enormous practical resolution in facing death?†
Chpt 73-75 *
Definition:
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(resolution as in: a New Year's resolution) a firm decision to do something