Pico di Mirandola the first Christian scholar to devote himself to Hebrew literature.
While with Hirsch he acquired the English language, and finding some Syriac books in the rabbi's library, he began to devote himself to Syriac.
He was anxious to devote himself entirely to his professional duties; but he was urged so vehemently to accept a seat in the Legislature from the city of Richmond, that he was forced to consent.
Mr. Longworth retired from the practice of the law in 1819, to devote himself to the management of his property, which was already sufficiently important to require his undivided attention.
In 1629 he left his native land, and betook himself to Holland, that he might there, undisturbed and unknown, devote himself to philosophy, and elaborate his scientific ideas.
In his eighteenth year he entered the university of Tuebingen, in order to devote himself to the study of theology.
The period when Socrates first began to devote himself to the education of youth, can be determined only approximately from the time of the first representation of the Clouds of Aristophanes, which was in the year 423.
His father consulted Kündinger as to the wisdom of allowing his son to devote himself entirely to music.
His indignation at being "passed over" knew no bounds, and there is little doubt that this incident had a great deal to do with his resolution to devote himself entirely to music.
Tchaikovsky had only one morning and two evenings in the week in which he was free to devote himself to music.
He composes very nicely, but unfortunately has no time to devote himself to it seriously.
By the time he was twenty-seven years old, it would seem that Copernicus had given up the notion of becoming a medical practitioner, and had resolved to devote himself to science.
In 1812 he went to Paris at the expense of the Bavarian government, with a view to devote himselfvigorously to the study of Sanskrit.
Toro, uncle of the marquis of Toro in Caracas, and embarked with her for Venezuela, intending, it is said, to devote himself to the improvement of his large estate.
He appeared to devote himself with a mysterious enthusiasm to proving everyone but himself in the wrong.
Basine had obtained a three weeks' vacation in order to devote himself to the work of the commission.
He was made Biblical doctor, not doctor of sentences, and in this way was called to devote himself to the study of the Bible, and not to that of human tradition.
Some months after his arrival at the university he applied for the degree of Bachelor in Divinity, and obtained it in the end of March 1509, with a special injunction to devote himself to biblical theology, ad Biblia.
Then by degrees he had learnt to know something of the young lady to whom he intended to devote himself; and it had come to pass that the better he had known the less he had liked her.
But for five halcyon days he was prepared to devote himself to the glories of Rome under the guidance of Augusta.
And she herself had such confidence in Jonathan Stubbs as a man of power, that she did not doubt of his success in any matter to which he might choose to devote himself.
He wished to devote himself to theology, and Neander, De Wette, Marheineke, Schleiermacher, etc.
He had heard that his young Kottbus acquaintance had begun to devote himself to Egyptology.
The summons from Froebel to devote himself to his infant institute, where Langethal had placed his younger brother, also reached him.
He now wished for nothing but to devote himself to scientific study.
That world of lower beings impressed him so strongly that he resolved from that moment to devote himself to the study of them, that is, to the study of the primitive manifestations of life in its simplest forms.
Ilia took advantage of his tutors' indifference to devote himself to his favourite study of natural history.
Returning to his native land, he began to devote himself to the business of life.
He grew up to manhood with little knowledge derived from books, and continued to devote himself to agricultural pursuits until he had reached middle life.
He subsequently formed several other partnerships, he himself continuing to devote himself entirely to Equity.
He, however, resolved to devote himself to the legal profession, and in the month of January, 1834, was articled to the late Hon.
After completing his education he entered his father's office, but soon quitted it to devote himself to the study of antiquities.
Next year his father died, and he resigned his commission in order to devote himself to literature--thus commencing a long struggle with ill-health and penury.
After his return to Bergamo the young composer determined to devote himself to dramatic music, but his father insisted upon his giving lessons with a view to immediate gain.
Throughout that period he had solaced himself with the study of the physical sciences, and during his subsequent residence at Metz he continued to devote himself to them.
He intended todevote himself to theology, but the humanistic tendencies of the age, combined with his own peculiar endowments, led him to abandon the Church for pure literature.
He told his followers, perhaps, that he had been moved by his good angel todevote himself to the conversion of Ireland.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "devote himself" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
