The Emperor gone and the Republic destined, Bazaine thought, to fall, he would be left at the head of the only army.
"A History of the Third French Republic"
C. H. C. Wright
But who knows who is destined to die first?
"In Desert and Wilderness"
Henryk Sienkiewicz
"My father tells me of an invitation he has given you, Mr. Massingbred," said she, smiling faintly at his embarrassment, "and asks me to repeat it; but I know far better than he does all that you would surrender by exile from the great world wherein you are destined to eminence.
"The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. II (of II)"
Charles James Lever