devolving on
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During our eight years in Ranee Khet we had to discharge the varied duties devolving on missionary pioneers.
From Life and Work in Benares and Kumaon, 1839-1877 by James Kennedy
The first unpleasant duty devolving on me is described in the following order: Headquarters, Fort McHenry, Nov.
From Between the Lines Secret Service Stories Told Fifty Years After by Henry Bascom Smith
On Saturday morning, the 27th of August, all the officers not for duty obtained permission to go on shore; the command of the troops on board devolving on Captain Gordon, 91st regiment.
From The Cape and the Kaffirs A Diary of Five Years' Residence in Kaffirland by Harriet Ward
When the land committee was formed he was made chairman, and on him fell practically all the onerous duties devolving on the committee during that period.
From The History of the Post Office in British North America by Sir William Smith
He wanted me to undertake the duties devolving on him in the Committee of which he was Chairman, and to attend to some other public matters in his absence.
From Autobiography of Seventy Years, Vol. 1-2 by George Frisbie Hoar
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