Hearing of the proposed balloon ascent, he felt drawn to see the voyagers off, Purposing to be home in time to dress for dinner.
"Faces and Places"
Henry William Lucy
"I visited the clergymen of this town, and I found some of them different from any I had seen before; they talked of the revealed word of the Old Testament, with warmth of heart and enthusiasm, and I heard for the first time a powerful testimony to the Christian doctrine; my whole heart was stirred up against it, the ground burned under my feet, and I hurried away Purposing never to return again.
"Some Jewish Witnesses For Christ"
Rev. A. Bernstein, B.D.
Look how Allah hath rescued thee from this wicked uncle, who sent thee to a place whence none ever came off safe and sound, Purposing not in this but thy destruction; and indeed thou fellest upon death from which Allah delivered thee.
"Supplemental Nights, Volume 1"
Richard F. Burton