devolving on
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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
But the command devolving on Colonel Burns, a cavalry officer, who declared he was incompetent to direct infantry movements, a retreat was resolved upon.
From The Second War with England, Vol. 1 of 2 by Joel Tyler Headley
The two men also departed, after looking to the safe, and the last duties devolving on them, seeing that all was locked and double-locked.
From The Eye of Dread by Payne Erskine
A floating light, facing the mouth of the Wyre, now fulfils the duties devolving on the beacon of Scarthey at the time of this story.
From The Light of Scarthey by Egerton Castle
The duties devolving on a writer were the duties of a clerk; to keep accounts; to take stock; to make advances; to ship cargoes; to see that no infringement of the Company's monopoly should occur.
From Rulers of India: Lord Clive by George Bruce Malleson
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