Indeed, I know of nothing in the world that is either nobler or rarer than a
devoted friendship."
God willed that a strange, bold, and ingenious idea should enter into the mind of a certain man, whilst a
devoted and courageous idea took possession of the mind of another man.
But Ruskin is much more than any man's disciple; and he also contrasts strongly with Carlyle, first because a large part of his life was
devoted to the study of Art--he is the single great art-critic in English Literature--and also because he is one of the great preachers of that nineteenth century humanitarianism at which Carlyle was wont to sneer.
above all, For the resurrection of deep-buried faith In Truth -- in Virtue -- in Humanity -- Of all who, on Despair's unhallowed bed Lying down to die, have suddenly arisen At thy soft-murmured words, "Let there be light!" At the soft-murmured words that were fulfilled In the seraphic glancing of thine eyes -- Of all who owe thee most -- whose gratitude Nearest resembles worship -- oh, remember The truest -- the most fervently
devoted, And think that these weak lines are written by him -- By him who, as he pens them, thrills to think His spirit is communing with an angel's.
Conseil was my servant, a true,
devoted Flemish boy, who had accompanied me in all my travels.
My leisure then, and my old age, would have been
devoted, in company with the Empress and during the royal apprenticeship of my son, to leisurely visiting, with our own horses and like a true country couple, every corner of the Empire, receiving complaints, redressing wrongs, and scattering public buildings and benefactions on all sides and everywhere.
Ellmother is, as I believe,
devoted to the interests of Mr.
Finding us distinguished, as a nation, by our love of athletic exercises, the little man, in the innocence of his heart,
devoted himself impromptu to all our English sports and pastimes whenever he had the opportunity of joining them; firmly persuaded that he could adopt our national amusements of the field by an effort of will precisely as he had adopted our national gaiters and our national white hat.
"Ah, my lord, if I mistake not, the Chevalier d'Artagnan is lieutenant of royal guards; but take care, for I fear that this man is entirely
devoted to the cardinal."
'But we have so little time to make so much of, and I have come so far, and am altogether so
devoted, and distracted.
And yet it must be said, to the disgrace of mankind, that Cornelius van Baerle, without being aware of the fact, had a much more ferocious, fierce, and implacable enemy than the Grand Pensionary and his brother had among the Orange party, who were most hostile to the
devoted brothers, who had never been sundered by the least misunderstanding during their lives, and by their mutual devotion in the face of death made sure the existence of their brotherly affection beyond the grave.
He
devoted three pages towards impressing upon me the necessity of your adopting some sort of a career."