All 4 Uses of
resolution
in
Oliver Twist
- 'You can say nothing to alter my resolution.†
Chpt 35 *
- I will lay at your feet, whatever of station of fortune I may possess; and if you still adhere to your present resolution, will not seek, by word or act, to change it.'†
Chpt 35
- Without one pause, or moment's consideration; without once turning his head to the right or left, or raising his eyes to the sky, or lowering them to the ground, but looking straight before him with savage resolution: his teeth so tightly compressed that the strained jaw seemed starting through his skin; the robber held on his headlong course, nor muttered a word, nor relaxed a muscle, until he reached his own door.†
Chpt 47
- Suddenly, he took the desperate resolution to going back to London.†
Chpt 48
Definition:
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(resolution as in: a New Year's resolution) a firm decision to do something