Therefore, sirs, for God's sake I require you do yourdevoirs this day; for if God be pleased and Saint George, this day ye shall see me a good knight.
On the French party king John was that day a full right good knight: if the fourth part of his men had done their devoirs as well as he did, the journey had been his by all likelihood.
Therefore, for God's sake, I require you to do your devoirs this day, for if God be pleased and Saint George, this day ye shall see me a good knight.
The public reading of one of her devoirs achieved the revelation of her talents to all and sundry; I remember the subject--it was an emigrant's letter to his friends at home.
Therefore, such devoirs as he paid the great goddess Aphrodite, were but few and fugitive--he being by nature and temperament an idealist and a notably clean liver.
Thus, Madame, were the last Devoirspaid to Frederic our First King.
I alighted at a Bagnio, and the first Sally I made abroad was to pay my Devoirs to Mademoiselle de S----.
I knew I should thus avoid numerous visitors of the household, who might pay their devoirs to Mrs. Schwellenberg.
Arblay protested I had not anything in view but to pay my respectful devoirs to her royal highness, M.
His devoirswere first paid to Lady Webb, and then to the younger ladies.
While this was going on, Colonel Oxburgh exchanged a greeting with Sir John Webb and Forster, nor did he omit to pay his devoirs to Lady Webb and the younger ladies.
Upon this the Prince immediately came to the Palace, to pay his Devoirs to the King; every thing fell under his Management, and he soon dispersed all the late Favourite's Creatures.
But I decided to be content with paying my devoirs to the proprietor, a friend of mine, and not go on (as the soldier does in Hood's lovely pun) to devour my pay.
I tarried here long enough to smoke one cigarette and pay my devoirs to the noble profession of second-hand bookselling.
Here is a token I was entreated by a young gentleman to deliver to this young lady, with his humble suit that he may pay his devoirs to her to-morrow, your Grace permitting.
But still the Court carried it so severely to the Cardinal that they would not let him go and pay his last devoirs to his father when on his dying bed.
Beaufort, de Brissac, de La Mothe, and myself desired one of our friends to assure the Queen of our most humble obedience, she answered that she should not regard our assurances till we had paid our devoirs to the Cardinal.
I ought to have paid my devoirs to the housekeeper at the Parsonage the very day I arrived," I answered, as we descended the steps.
Laura's keen eye detected that there was something distrait in Louise's manner with Blythe, and, wondering, she made another escape in order to permit Blythe to make his devoirs to one instead of to two.
But stay: make mydevoirs to her, won't you, please?
I feel certain Captain Truck will be in good hands, and now I will go and do my devoirs to my own especial charges, the ladies.
Sir, It was my intention to pay my devoirs at Versailles tomorrow.
But Sir Launcelot said: "Yea, I shall go now; for I do not think that my wounds are so deep that I shall not be able to do my devoirs when my time cometh to do them.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "devoirs" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word. Other words: attention; greeting; love; regard; remembrance; respect
