duty.

In such a world ideas of duty would be quite useless; for every action of existence would represent the constant and faultless performance of what we term duty.

Books and Habits from the Lectures of Lafcadio Hearn Lafcadio Hearn 1877

But we surely have a very different idea in our minds, when we employ the term duty.

Thoughts on Man: His Nature, Productions, and Discoveries 1831

I am not grateful to you for having performed what you call a duty.

The George Sand-Gustave Flaubert Letters 2003

I am not grateful to you for having performed what you call a duty.

The George Sand-Gustave Flaubert Letters Sand, George, 1804-1876 1921

She had found salvation in a strange thing which she called duty.

The Morals of Marcus Ordeyne : a Novel William John Locke 1896

We must now return to those other possible relations which we left when we selected for immediate consideration that one right relation which we call duty.

Practical Ethics William De Witt Hyde 1887

HE will insist upon their going, to save them from that woman's ruthless kindness; and SHE will refuse to give up any part of what she calls her duty.

Hilda Wade, a Woman with Tenacity of Purpose Grant Allen 1873

I am not grateful to you for having performed what you call a duty.

The George Sand-Gustave Flaubert Letters Gustave Flaubert 1850

Those preachers prided themselves on the fearlessness with which, on such occasions, they discharged what they called their duty.

Charles I Makers of History Jacob Abbott 1841

I had fought bravely; I had done what I called my duty.

Mauprat George Sand 1840