devoir
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From the polar heights of Great Neck came the Women's Club thereof, aesthetically accoutered to do their devoir.
From Time Magazine Archive
But presently, frowning, said, "I marvel, sir, that so good a knight as you should know his devoir so ill as turn rebel, and give us all this trouble."
From The Cloister and the Hearth A Tale of the Middle Ages by Reade, Charles
Having done his devoir he retired to his forest lair.
From Bones Being Further Adventures in Mr. Commissioner Sanders' Country by Wallace, Edgar
No doubt if there had been, Dave would have done his devoir, for he was as gallant a gentleman as any Sidney of them all.
From Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 22, September, 1878 by Various
"I hope you do not deem the devoir of a country gentleman incompatible with the duties of a statesman?"
From The Knight Of Gwynne, Vol. I (of II) by Lever, Charles James
“No; I was paying my last devoirs to madame.”
From Rambles in the Islands of Corsica and Sardinia with Notices of their History, Antiquities, and Present Condition. by Forester, Thomas
Give him my devoirs and hopes to challenge him to a Bowl when Yon comes off which God kens there seems no hurry.
From Doom Castle by Munro, Neil
He wanted to come up here and pay his devoirs to you, but I evaded the honour.
From A Daughter of the Vine by Atherton, Gertrude Franklin Horn
He has been forcibly struck with your charms, and has signified his intentions of coming shortly to pay his devoirs in person.
From Gómez Arias Or, The Moors of the Alpujarras, A Spanish Historical Romance. by Trueba y Cosío, Joaquín Telesforo de
The Marshal blew a trumpet, and exclaimed, in a loud voice, "Preux chevaliers! faites vous devoirs!"
From The Funny Philosophers Wags and Sweethearts by Yellott, George
