She gave him everything that his lovers wouldn't, above all constancy, "a background," he wrote to a friend, "of secure, unalterable devotion, which my nature needed".
A man of wide sympathies, cultured and magnanimous, Scipio easily won the friendship of such men as Philip V, king of Macedonia, and the native princes of Spain and Africa while he secured the devotion of his own troops.
Securing consumer devotion, however, is becoming increasingly difficult, as the number of new products inundating the consumer each year climbs toward 50,000, and as the volume of advertisements swells to help each one reach its intended audience.
Slices of chocolate cake were handed out at a book signing I attended – and that secured my undying devotion.
For 58 years, they lived together in Manhattan at a don't-ask-don't-tell distance from the rest of the world — stable and secure in their mutual devotion but expertly practiced at not drawing attention to it, even as they lived for many years in the same house with some of Mr. Archilla's younger siblings.
There's no doubt that R Kelly is the sole true heir to Marvin Gaye's love-god crown, a position secured through single-minded devotion to his mind's one track.
In fact it was largely this devotion to learning that secured him his appointment as bishop.
The thing is to understand these people well, try to share their devotion to onions and above all to secure a good model".
Meek expertly renders each man's devotion to the task of securing paradise on earth, and exposes the unsettling affinity between the devout servant of God and the cold, calculating murderer.
June was a remarkable woman with a fierce devotion to her family, determined to secure a rich Jewish life for her children and grandchildren.
His position with the cardinal electors was apparently secured by his long service to John Paul and his devotion to his predecessor's teachings and ideals.
