Transactions of the Devonshire Association for the Advancement of Science, Literature and Art, Volume 24Devonshire Press, 1892 List of members in each volume. |
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Page 24
... recording the existing use of any Verbal Pro- vincialisms in Devonshire , in either written or spoken language ; and that Mr. F. T. Elworthy be the Secretary . 15. That Mr. J. S. Amery , Rev. W. Harpley , Mr. P. O. Hutchinson , Sir John ...
... recording the existing use of any Verbal Pro- vincialisms in Devonshire , in either written or spoken language ; and that Mr. F. T. Elworthy be the Secretary . 15. That Mr. J. S. Amery , Rev. W. Harpley , Mr. P. O. Hutchinson , Sir John ...
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... recording the natural history and geology of our county , and in investigating the art treasures which exist within its borders . The literature of Devonshire has received a great impulse during the last generation , and this no doubt ...
... recording the natural history and geology of our county , and in investigating the art treasures which exist within its borders . The literature of Devonshire has received a great impulse during the last generation , and this no doubt ...
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... recorded that wages in Norfolk were 6s . a week in winter , and 7s . in summer ; in Essex about 1s . more ; and in Oxfordshire about 1s . less . The increase was no doubt very slow . Within the present reign wages in some parts of ...
... recorded that wages in Norfolk were 6s . a week in winter , and 7s . in summer ; in Essex about 1s . more ; and in Oxfordshire about 1s . less . The increase was no doubt very slow . Within the present reign wages in some parts of ...
Page 49
... recorded will prove of the greatest interest to students in several branches of anthropology . The late Mr. Richard J. King , the originator and first Secre- tary of this Committee , in an article on Devonshire Folk - lore , remarked ...
... recorded will prove of the greatest interest to students in several branches of anthropology . The late Mr. Richard J. King , the originator and first Secre- tary of this Committee , in an article on Devonshire Folk - lore , remarked ...
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... recorded in localities fairly representing the various districts of the county . A new station has been added to those previously report- ing , viz . , Castle Hill School , Southmolton , which represents a district hitherto unrecorded ...
... recorded in localities fairly representing the various districts of the county . A new station has been added to those previously report- ing , viz . , Castle Hill School , Southmolton , which represents a district hitherto unrecorded ...
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