Thomas thereupon marched to Constantinople at the head of a motley force of Caucasian peoples whose sole bonds were to be found in their devotion to iconodule doctrine and their hatred of Michael's Iconoclasm.
MUSIC MOUNTAIN This long-established summer festival presents all sorts of concerts, but its heart and soul are to be found in its devotion to the art of the string quartet, with performances taking place in Gordon Hall, an air-conditioned, whitewashed shoebox design with clear and firm acoustics.
While Dot sought to draw the George of 1884 out of his solitary studio life and into the world, Marie wants the George of 1983 to forget about the pressures of the world and get back to the passion that he found in a devotion to work.
It lives on in weight-loss programs and self-help books — or, more seriously, in a more open devotion to religion than commonly found in overwhelmingly secular Europe.
But his muse was always Anna Pavlova and a mark of his devotion to her can be found in his choreographic leit motif, colloquially known as the 'Fred step'.
"She offered me what I had never found in my sexual life, constant, single-hearted, incorruptible, uncritical devotion...
"She offered me what I had never found in my life with humans: constant, single-hearted, incorruptible, uncritical devotion, which it is in the nature of dogs to offer".
Its fundamental causes are to be found in the ingrained conventions of Japanese culture: our reflexive obedience; our reluctance to question authority; our devotion to 'sticking with the program'; our groupism; and our insularity.
The colours, the scarves, the chants, the devotion to a particular rather than a general deity: a similar fervour could be found in India's religious crowds.
"She offered me what I had never found in my sexual life, constant, single-hearted, incorruptible, uncritical devotion..
