Meanings of further designs in English

She had some further designs on me, I was sure.

The Athenians, seeing them closing up the harbour and informed of their further designs, called a council of war.

There was a round of apologetic murmurs, unacknowledged by the recipient, who plunged away with her shawl, as if fearing further designs upon it.

It is this-Thatyou will not occasion more severities, more disgraces, that are necessary for carrying into execution your further designs, whatever they be, against