Both Uses of
resolute
in
The Devil and Tom Walker
- Many and bitter were the quarrels they had on the subject; but the more she talked, the more resolute was Tom not to be damned to please her.†
- This, however, Tom resolutely refused; he was bad enough in all conscience, but the devil himself could not tempt him to turn slave-trader.†
*resolutely = with firm purpose or belief
Definition:
firm in purpose, belief, or action