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He gave him to understand that every man would believe that revenge and fear had actuated him to get rid of so sharp-sighted an observer of his actions. 

From Faustus his Life, Death, and Doom by Borrow, George Henry

He laughed at her credulity in believing that love alone had actuated him in making her his wife.

From Mark Hurdlestone Or, The Two Brothers by Moodie, Susanna

Aside from Freda's opinion that spite had actuated the circulation of the damaging paper, she and her chums had exhibited an admirable restraint concerning it.

From Jane Allen: Right Guard by Bancroft, Edith

Prompted by the same motive which had actuated the other, Mrs. Sherman repeated some of her previous instructions.

From Little Wolf A Tale of the Western Frontier by Cornelius, M. A.

So fell a gallant man-at-arms, obscurely slain—ingloriously in a sense, yet dying in strict accordance with the principles which had actuated him through life.

From The Crooked Stick or Pollies's Probation by Boldrewood, Rolf