devoirs

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"Now, Papa," said the Girl, "just go right along and do your devoirs in there—and I'll stay and talk to him—" The father went obediently.

From The Literary Sense by Nesbit, E. (Edith)

I have another engagement this evening, but I could not deny myself the pleasure of paying my devoirs to you in passing.

From Jessamine A Novel by Harland, Marion

Mr Prolocutor Weston disputed with the beer-pot at his elbow, and forgot not his devoirs thereto in the course thereof.

From Robin Tremayne A Story of the Marian Persecution by Holt, Emily Sarah

He was the spirit of fine courtesy, and would have blushed to fail in his devoirs to any lady; but, in the other scale, he was a man averse from amorous adventures.

From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 5 (of 25) by Stevenson, Robert Louis

De Troyes now seldom left his cabin; and when, in the way of duty, I made my devoirs, and he asked after the men, I made shift to hide the truth.

From Old Trails on the Niagara Frontier by Severance, Frank H.