All 33 Uses of
resolve
in
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl
- She had lived forty years under the same roof with my grandmother; she knew how faithfully she had served her owners, and how cruelly she had been defrauded of her rights; and she resolved to protect her.
Chpt 2resolved = decided
- The war of my life had begun; and though one of God's most powerless creatures, I resolved never to be conquered.
Chpt 4
- He resolved to venture on a short walk.
Chpt 4
- But he resolved to remove the obstacle in the way of his scheme; and he thought he had planned it so that he should evade suspicion.
Chpt 6
- But while the Free States sustain a law which hurls fugitives back into slavery, how can the slaves resolve to become men?
Chpt 8resolve = decide; or decision
- Report said that this young lady cherished an unrequited affection for a man who had resolved to marry for wealth.
Chpt 9resolved = decided
- I had resolved that I would be virtuous, though I was a slave.
Chpt 10 *resolved = definitely decided
- I was lowered in my own estimation, and had resolved to bear his abuse in silence.
Chpt 11resolved = decided
- A Christian name they were at least entitled to; and we resolved to call my boy for our dear good Benjamin, who had gone far away from us.†
Chpt 14
- After much discussion, my friends resolved on making another trial.†
Chpt 15
- I resolved to go to the plantation.†
Chpt 15
- My mind was made up; I was resolved that I would foil my master and save my children, or I would perish in the attempt.†
Chpt 15
- I had a woman's pride, and a mother's love for my children; and I resolved that out of the darkness of this hour a brighter dawn should rise for them.†
Chpt 15
- I resolved to obey orders so far as duty required; but within myself, I determined to make my stay as short as possible.†
Chpt 16
- I resolved to give him no cause to accuse me of being too much of a lady, so far as work was concerned.†
Chpt 16
- But now that I was certain my children were to be put in their power, in order to give them a stronger hold on me, I resolved to leave them that night.†
Chpt 17
- When I started upon this hazardous undertaking, I had resolved that, come what would, there should be no turning back.†
Chpt 18
- Unwilling to alarm her mistress, Betty resolved to dispose of me herself.†
Chpt 18
- I supposed he would call before he left, to say something to my grandmother concerning the children, and I resolved what course to take.†
Chpt 24
- I resolved to match my cunning against his cunning.†
Chpt 25
- In order to make him believe that I was in New York, I resolved to write him a letter dated from that place.†
Chpt 25
- I resolved, therefore, to continue to write letters from the north from time to time.†
Chpt 25
- He had too often known such accidents to happen to slaves who had kind masters, and he wisely resolved to make sure of the present opportunity to own himself.†
Chpt 26
- I resolved to remind him of the promise he had made me, and to throw myself upon his honor for the performance of it.†
Chpt 27
- I resolved to go, but thought nothing had better be said to my grandmother till very near the time of departure.†
Chpt 29
- I resolved to have an interview with him before I went, that I might give him cautions and advice, and tell him how anxiously I should be waiting for him at the north.†
Chpt 29
- I promised the dear old faithful friend that I would write to her as soon as I arrived, and put the letter in a safe way to reach her; but in my own mind I resolved that not another cent of her hard earnings should be spent to pay rapacious slaveholders for what they called their property.†
Chpt 29
- The intervening time I resolved to spend with my son.†
Chpt 29
- I staid a month after this, and finding I was resolved to stand up for my rights, they concluded to treat me well.†
Chpt 35
- I went home resolved to tell her in the morning.†
Chpt 36
- During the two years we had lived together I had often resolved to tell her something about her father; but I had never been able to muster sufficient courage.†
Chpt 39
- However, I resolved to try the experiment.†
Chpt 40
- I did this for my own sake, thinking my young mistress and her husband might be among the list; I wished also to give information to others, if necessary; for if many were "running to and fro," I resolved that "knowledge should be increased."†
Chpt 40