devoirs

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Persis cast her eyes up in despair and hastened to pay her devoirs to her mother-in-law.

From What Will People Say? A novel by Hughes, Rupert

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

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

Hallowell and his wife of a few hours stood in their front door the morning after their marriage and saw the famous Frenchman paying his devoirs to Mrs. Lee.

From Seaport in Virginia George Washington's Alexandria by Moore, Gay Montague

“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