The first half, like the section in Webbe, is devoted to English versing, dealing with stanza forms, meters, rime, and conceited figures such as anagrams and verses in the form of eggs.

Many capitals of Islâm offered the students an easier life and better accommodations for their studies; while in Mecca four months of the year are devoted to the foreign guests of Allah, by attending to whose various needs all Meccans gain their livelihood.

Only a portion of the inhabitants is devoted to commerce, the rich landed proprietory and the Shereefs representing the aristocracy, lead the tranquil life of nobles, the most void of care, and, perhaps, the happiest of which contemplative philosophy ever dreamed.

When is the time which would be devoted to it worth less than at this period? CHAPTER XX. ABUSES.

In spite of the hatred of Napoleon, his sister the Queen of Naples was devoted to the Queen of Beauty, who was received at court as an ambassadress rather than as an exile.

How if a dangerous "Swing" were sometimes disguised in a versatile entertainer devoted to the amusement of mixed audiences?

This nobody for a moment believed: whether her brother was privy to the deed is perhaps open to doubt, for he and Isabella were devoted to one another.

SIR: While I feel with keenest anguish the late dispensation of Divine Providence, I can not be insensible to the mournful tributes of respect and veneration which are paid to the memory of my dear deceased husband; and as his best services and most anxious wishes were always devoted to the welfare and happiness of his country, to know that they were truly appreciated and gratefully remembered affords no inconsiderable consolation.

When Hanno had concluded, there was no occasion for any one to contend with him in debate, to such a decree were almost all the senators devoted to Hannibal; and they accused Hanno of having spoken with more malignity than Flaccus Valerius, the Roman ambassador.

To appreciate the effect of all this on the mind of the race, let it be remembered that these culture-heroes were also the creators, the primal and most potent of divinities, and that usually many temples and a large corps of priests were devoted to their worship, at least in the nations of higher civilization.

You were in an extremely Vealy condition, when, having attained the age of fourteen, you sent some verses to the county newspaper, and with simple-hearted elation read them in the corner devoted to what was termed "Original Poetry."

His father was an architect, and, after a period devoted to the study of law, Georges Ohnet adopted a journalistic career.

To the same praise every man devoted to learning ought to aspire.

The winter months were devoted to burning canebrakes, clearing underbrush and rolling logs in the new grounds, splitting rails and mending fences, cleaning ditches, spreading manure, knocking down the old cotton and corn stalks, and breaking the soil of the fields to be planted.

Do you ever think," he asked me, "that the medical profession is devoted to relieving physical ills?

Or was this woman, whom they all called "poor Milly," an unquiet spirit, wandering about full of jealous, cruel thoughts, even with regard to the two who had evidently been so selflessly devoted to herher girl friend and her husband?

The evening session commences at three, and ends at five o'clock; and is devoted to penmanship, geography, and the French language.

Take, for instance, the gospels, and you will find that over one-quarter of their pages are devoted to the story of His death.

The labour of his later days, as vast and indefatigable as that of his earlier days, was devoted to his great work, which was, as it were, to popularise the Bible and revive interest in it by a change in the method of presenting it and commenting on it.

He was assiduously devoted to the son of his benefactor, and did everything in his power to alleviate his distressed condition.

People even talked of a tender correspondence between the princess and the duke, which was carried on through one of the queen's ladies, the Countess of Mirandola, who was devoted to the Guises and a favorite with Marguerite.

The rest of that weeka week of haunting wonder and beautywas devoted to the carrying out of the strange program.

It has not only been demolished, but the debris have been scattered far and wide, and devoted to uses which they scarcely honor.

"The money, your excellency, which is earned at the gold and silver factories and at the warehouse is devoted to a praiseworthy and touching purpose.

While I am on the subject of ancient artof which so many curious specimens are to be seen in this Citadelit may not be irrelevant to conduct the reader at once to what is called the Town Halla very large structureof which portions are devoted to the exhibition of old pictures.