Then Alcestis, with a generous self-devotion, proffered herself as the substitute.

The womanly power of self-devotion was strong in the child, and she remained faithfully at her post when all the rest dropped away.

A "society for struggle with the epidemic" was even founded, and the members gave themselves to the work with remarkable self-devotion.

True sublimity is the perfection of the pathetic, which has other sources than pity; generosity, for instance, and self-devotion.

I don't mind men going for the pay, but I do mind journalists blithering about their self-devotion in taking up the noble load.

Archdeacon Merriman had already set the key of missionary enthusiasm, courage, and self-devotion to which the new diocese was tuned.

And it was perhaps that awareness which brought to her a gradual realization of motives in her own self-devotion hitherto unacknowledged to herself.

But this supremacy of man, which openly rejects Christ, or at least ignores Him, is entirely founded upon selfishness, knowing neither charity nor self-devotion.

He must show entire self-devotion and sincerity to attain it, and by pride and extravagance he will fail of it.

Menenius, proscribed by the triumvirs in 43 BC, but rescued from death by the self-devotion of one of his slaves.

My Lords, were she child of another father, I should extol to the skies her bravery, her self-devotion, her loyalty to the land she loves.

Broughton offered to resign half of his professional income (£2500) to support a second See, "an instance of self-devotion," said a contemporary writer, "with scarcely a parallel."

In reading history we are chiefly struck by the generosity and self-devotion that follow close on the heels of crime, veiling with supernal flowers the stain of blood.

The sobriety, self-devotion, and piety of our predecessors, made us powerful friends---our presumption, our wealth, our luxury, have raised up against us mighty enemies.

He was just as buoyant, just as keen as his friend, but the leaven of sentiment raised his sporting instincts to perhaps a higher plane of self-devotion.

The idea dignifies a few leaders, who have sentiment, opinion, love, self-devotion; and they make war and death sacred;- but what for the wretches whom they hire and kill?

If she ever thought so, it was still without regret for what she had done, without the least doubt of her duty, without any pricing or enhancing of her self-devotion.

Was there really such a refuge for her, somewhere a need of her, and of that passionate desire for self-devotion that was so essential a part of her?

Somewhere in the Modern Utopia there must be adequate men, men the very antithesis of our friend, capable of self-devotion, of intentional courage, of honest thought, and steady endeavour.

Shall we speak of the inspiration of a poet or a priest, and not of the heart impelled by love and self-devotion to the lowliest work in the lowliest way of life!

And the institution of the family, and the emotions that arise therein, the fierce jealousy, the tenderness for offspring, parental self-devotion, all found their justification and support in the imminent dangers of the young.

With the help of Aliev I., first principal, candidate of sciences, senior lecturer at Yakut State University, his enthusiasm and self-devotion, school has become the leading institution, that works with gifted children.

I move on to say that my conviction is that friendship is strengthened by such experiences as bring out in us that which ever so lightly elevates us from the trough of self-concern and self-devotion."

I by no means assert that the intercourse would be promiscuous: on the contrary, it appears, from the relation of parent to child, that this union is generally of long duration, and marked above all others with generosity and self-devotion.

Then marriage, young and decent, and then children and stout honest work for them, work too for the State in which they live; a life of self-devotion, indeed, and for sunset a decent pride--that is the happy life.