No one can remain upon even his own level, who is in obedience and devotion to that which is below him.

Allegiance is devotion of the whole of ourselves to a leader, a cause.

The spread of the devotion in several countries led Pope Sixtus IV.

I did get wet coming hither, and am sadly afraid that should I wade the water again I might get certain cricks and pains i' the joints that would mar my devotions for many a day to come.

These circumstances considered, I am not so much inclined to discredit a fact related by Mabillon,[BI] who says, that in the eighth century a paralytic Spaniard, on paying his devotions at the tomb of a saint in the church of Fulda, conversed with a monk of that abbey, who, because he was an Italian, understood the language of the Spaniard.

So she lived in the midst of the family circle, sharing in their sports, their meals, and their entertainments, and being treated just as one of the others; yet with a special care and devotion by her father, Dr. Gilbert, whose heart went out in deep love towards his little sightless daughter.

On the day mentioned, the monks and laity within the borders all come together; they have singers and skilful musicians: they say their devotions with flowers and incense.

The consequences of such devotion on the part of French volunteers were exemplified early in the morning of April 12, at a point called Caurettes Woods, along the northeastern slopes of the hill known as Le Mort Homme (Dead Man's Hill), where a French withdrawal had been carried out.

Not all men are capable of such unselfish devotion as his, and Morgianna little dreamed how much she was casting aside.

Like the earlier philosophers, Socrates disdained wealth, ease, and comfort,but with greater devotion than they, since he lived in a more corrupt age, when poverty was a disgrace and misfortune a crime, when success was the standard of merit, and every man was supposed to be the arbiter of his own fortune, ignoring that Providence who so often refuses the race to the swift, and the battle to the strong.

Not content with this hypocritical devotion towards a man whose violence and ingratitude had so long disquieted his government, and had been the object of his most inveterate animosity, he submitted to a penance still more singular and humiliating.

He pursued the subject with great devotion during the remainder of the voyage, and after arrival in New York began the construction of the necessary apparatus to accomplish his purpose.

From this time, so long as our fleet remained at Melinda, these people came every day on board the ship of Paulo de la Gama, to pay their devotions before this picture, offering to the images which it represented gifts of pepper and other things.

i. p. 50, says, "Most of our ancient historians give him the character of a very religious prince, but his religion was, after the fashion of those times, belief without examination, and devotion without piety.

The principal times of devotion among the Druids were either mid-day or midnight.

Even as she clasped Him to her breast there was awe mingled with the affection in her look, a devotion beyond even that of motherhood.

Even among intelligent and enlightened men and women we often find in our observation of public affairs that there are instances in which the followers of a trusted leader are carried away by their personal devotion into the championship of absolute errors which the leader is committingerrors that might prove perilous or even, for the time, fatal to the cause of which he is the recognised advocate.

"Or tunes like 'Abide with Me'not very old or very good, but worn down with devotion like the steps of an old church?

On hearing this they uttered not another word, but began to exhibit great devotion toward him because he announced that he would give to the men that had been released,not to all, save to the first of them, but to the worthiest,everything that he had promised, and would assign them land.

Love, obedience, and devotion unto death, are here portrayed; and yet people will repeat the lines of the melancholy muse with a smile on their faces, and even teach it to their young children as a sort of joyful lyric.

Duty is a stern task-master; and sternness, coming early into one's life, hardens its edges, but does not sap passion from the soul or devotion from the heart.

It is a curious coincidence that the name of the principal character of this opera was Constanze, and that she was a model of devotion through all trials.

Her devotions over she proceeded with the ordinary duties of the day.

from a place Of pure devotion canst thou answer that?

The Colonel wondered at his friend's enthusiasm, who was not used to be complimentary; indeed what so usual with him as that simple act of gratitude and devotion about which his comrade spoke to him?