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Devotes less and less attention to the classics.

From Time Magazine Archive

Hilarion: Alas, my liege, I've heard, That Princess Ida has forsworn the world, And, with a band of women, shut herself Within a lonely country house, and there Devotes herself to stern philosophies!

From The Complete Plays of Gilbert and Sullivan by Gilbert, W. S. (William Schwenck), Sir

Du Bois d'�griseilles, Abb� J. B. L Devotes his fortune to religious work at Montreal, 135.

From The Makers of Canada: Index and Dictionary of Canadian History by Various

And now with gloomy aspect rose the day, Decreed the plighted servile rights to pay; When Egas, to redeem his faith's disgrace, Devotes himself, his spouse, and infant race.

From The Lusiad or The Discovery of India, an Epic Poem by Camões, Luís de

Devotes herself to Mrs. Farnaby, and keeps up her school-friendships.

From The Fallen Leaves by Collins, Wilkie