devoirs

Example Sentences

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Mr Prolocutor Weston disputed with the beer-pot at his elbow, and forgot not his devoirs thereto in the course thereof.

From Robin Tremayne A Story of the Marian Persecution by Holt, Emily Sarah

"Gee!" whispered the boy to Beatrice after he had made his devoirs.

From Bee and Butterfly A Tale of Two Cousins by Madison, Lucy Foster

The herald then, seeing each champion in his place, uplifted his voice, repeating thrice, Faites vos devoirs, preux chevaliers.

From Coronation Anecdotes by Gossip, Giles

Spiteful glances they cast toward Gabrielle, many a time and oft, when my Lord Treherne so pointedly paid his respectful devoirs; and there was as much pride and haughtiness in Gabrielle's heart as in theirs.

From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 2, No. 12, May, 1851. by Various

Zulka, having made his devoirs to the sovereign, now approached his friend.

From Trusia A Princess of Krovitch by Brinton, Davis