devolving on

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He has not the broad intellect requisite for the gigantic measures needed in such a crisis, nor the health and physique for the labors devolving on him.

From A Rebel War Clerk's Diary at the Confederate States Capital by Jones, John Beauchamp

The captain was now again taken ill of what he calls a bilious colic, which was so severe as to confine him to his bed, the charge of the ship devolving on Mr Cooper.

From Captain Cook His Life, Voyages, and Discoveries by Kingston, William Henry Giles

The two men also departed, after looking to the safe, and the last duties devolving on them, seeing that all was locked and double-locked.

From The Eye of Dread by Erskine, Payne

It passes comprehension how Nansen could have thus deviated from the most sacred duty devolving on the commander of a naval expedition.

From Farthest North Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-1896 Vol. I by Nansen, Fridtjof

His lights, too, were turned down, a new man from the troop having asked for and assumed the duties formerly devolving on the wretch Downs, now doing time within the garrison prison.

From An Apache Princess A Tale of the Indian Frontier by Remington, Frederic