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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

What shouldst thou think if haply some should say This noted chronicler's employ'd to-day In writing something new—and thus his time Devotes to thee—to paint his thoughts in rhyme?

From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 14, No. 382, July 25, 1829 by Various

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

From The Fallen Leaves by Collins, Wilkie

Devotes a section to the consideration of    Bergson and Religion, pp 147-166.

From Bergson and His Philosophy by Gunn, John Alexander