"Devolve on" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... introduce him to anybody. I hated not to be decent, but you see I didn't know but I'd have to hand him over to the police before I was through with him, and I wanted the responsibility of his acquaintance to devolve on me alone. Roscoff either wouldn't or didn't take in the situation, for he came up when we were seated, leaned over my chair, and put his arm around my neck. I saw a shade of disappointment cross my companion's ...
— The Underdog • F. Hopkinson Smith
... my word, he did not teach us that, so that the task of distinguishing between good and bad must devolve on ourselves. ...
— The Memorabilia - Recollections of Socrates • Xenophon
... granted, you will be prepared with a sure and competent agent who will give effect to the decree of the Council; failing such a one, the duty will devolve on your own shoulders." ...
— Sunrise • William Black
... of the Federal Constitution it will devolve on me for a stated period to execute the laws of the United States, to superintend their foreign and their confederate relations, to manage their revenue, to command their forces, and, by communications to the ...
— U.S. Presidential Inaugural Addresses • Various
... case of the removal of the President from office or of his death, resignation, or inability to discharge the powers and duties of the said office, the same shall devolve on the Vice-President, and the Congress may by law provide for the case of removal, death, resignation, or inability, both of the President and Vice-President, declaring what officer shall then act as President, and such officer shall act accordingly, ...
— Problems in American Democracy • Thames Ross Williamson
... also due to Mr. W.D. Moore and Mr. C. Nairn, who on every occasion endeavoured to relieve me as much as possible from some of the many arduous duties that usually devolve on the leader of an exploring party. Chainer Fairburn and the native Dugel also gave general satisfaction in the performance of ...
— Journals of Australian Explorations • A C and F T Gregory |
