Transactions of the Devonshire Association for the Advancement of Science, Literature and Art, Volume 24Devonshire Press, 1892 - Devon (England) List of members in each volume. |
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Page 53
... reported in the neighbourhood that at her funeral the four horses drawing the hearse refused to mount the hill approaching the churchyard at Ilsington ; they foamed , and could not be induced to proceed . In this dilemma the clergy- man ...
... reported in the neighbourhood that at her funeral the four horses drawing the hearse refused to mount the hill approaching the churchyard at Ilsington ; they foamed , and could not be induced to proceed . In this dilemma the clergy- man ...
Page 55
... reported by Dr. Ramsay is recorded at Grey's Lodge at 260 feet above sea level , by Colonel J. R. Currie , a quarter of a mile W.N.W. of Duncan House . The returns from Princetown are imperfect , owing to the removal of Dr. Stone . The ...
... reported by Dr. Ramsay is recorded at Grey's Lodge at 260 feet above sea level , by Colonel J. R. Currie , a quarter of a mile W.N.W. of Duncan House . The returns from Princetown are imperfect , owing to the removal of Dr. Stone . The ...
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... reported the occurrence of a large brass of Nero , at Newton Ferrers ; and the discovery , by Mr. F. Haverfield , Christ Church , Oxford , that a tile in the Taunton Museum , from Hannaditches , bore the inscription " leg ii aug ...
... reported the occurrence of a large brass of Nero , at Newton Ferrers ; and the discovery , by Mr. F. Haverfield , Christ Church , Oxford , that a tile in the Taunton Museum , from Hannaditches , bore the inscription " leg ii aug ...
Page 97
... reported that once he was a stage player , acted the fool's part , and ( to his credit be it spoken ) came off with applause . " Of course this may only mean that Larkham had taken part in a masque of some kind while at Cambridge ; but ...
... reported that once he was a stage player , acted the fool's part , and ( to his credit be it spoken ) came off with applause . " Of course this may only mean that Larkham had taken part in a masque of some kind while at Cambridge ; but ...
Page 119
... reported to have reached the bench . " 7 8 " Stand amazed , O ye proud worms , that have such proud implacable stomachs , that swell with venome like toades and are better like mischievous Devils than like men , so far are ye from being ...
... reported to have reached the bench . " 7 8 " Stand amazed , O ye proud worms , that have such proud implacable stomachs , that swell with venome like toades and are better like mischievous Devils than like men , so far are ye from being ...
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