... and devotes himself to the arduous calling of chivalry? Whatknight-errant ever paid poll-tax... 
Miguel de Cervantes 「The History of Don Quixote, Vol. I, Complete」
...“Yes,” she said, “the king neglects me, the king devotes himself to pleasures and amusements only, in which I have no share...
Alexandre Dumas, Pere 「Ten Years Later」
...A new man arises in place of the old one who disappears or goes away; he brings here his existence, becomes entirely absorbed, and devotes himself to this post which he finds abandoned...
P. J. Proudhon 「What is Property?」
...The reason that many trappers make small catches, each season, is from the fact that they spend only an hour or so each day at trapping, while at most other business the party devotes the entire day...
A. R. (Arthur Robert) Harding 「Deadfalls and Snares」
...In America, as in England and on the Continent of Europe, privategame preserves are so numerous it is impossible to mention more thana very few of them, unless one devotes a volume to the subject...
William T. Hornaday 「Our Vanishing Wild Life」
...When the hero devotes himself to the trade of thieving,his most glorious achievement is robbing the king's horse...
Angelo de Gubernatis 「Zoological Mythology, Volume I (of 2)」
...After the firstbrood, composed of workers, has come forth, the queen bee devotes hertime principally to her duties at home, the workers supplying the colonywith honey and pollen...
Alpheus Spring Packard 「Our Common Insects」
...The moment such a man devotes himself to virtue, his story cannot be summed up or told, for no tongue could estimate the honourable deeds of such a gentleman...
Chretien DeTroyes 「Four Arthurian Romances」
...For twentyyears one devotes ten seconds every night to putting a little forceinto a watch...
Henry Warren 「Recreations in Astronomy」
... The Anarchist is indifferent to acknowledgedappreciation; the needs of the Cause absorb his whole interest, andto these he devotes his energy and abilities...
Emma Goldman 「Anarchism and Other Essays」
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