Transactions of the Devonshire Association for the Advancement of Science, Literature and Art, Volume 8Devonshire Press, 1876 - Devon (England) List of members in each volume. |
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... Dartmoor . W. F. Collier 351 . 360 370 The Jurisdiction of the Lord Warden of the Stannaries in the time of Sir Walter Raleigh From Original Records . A. H. A. Hamilton , M.A. 380 The Choir Screen of Exeter Cathedral : its Relation to ...
... Dartmoor . W. F. Collier 351 . 360 370 The Jurisdiction of the Lord Warden of the Stannaries in the time of Sir Walter Raleigh From Original Records . A. H. A. Hamilton , M.A. 380 The Choir Screen of Exeter Cathedral : its Relation to ...
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... Dartmoor ; that Mr. W. F. Collier be the Secretary ; and that they be requested to report at the next Winter Meeting of the Council . PRESIDENT'S ADDRESS . LADIES AND GENTLEMEN , -If the fate 24 RESOLUTIONS APPOINTING COMMITTEES .
... Dartmoor ; that Mr. W. F. Collier be the Secretary ; and that they be requested to report at the next Winter Meeting of the Council . PRESIDENT'S ADDRESS . LADIES AND GENTLEMEN , -If the fate 24 RESOLUTIONS APPOINTING COMMITTEES .
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... Dartmoor is one great reservoir ; and , as has been pointed out to me more than once by a companion Moor- maniac , if I may use a term applied to certain lovers of the Moor , might in a score of places have dams thrown across the mouths ...
... Dartmoor is one great reservoir ; and , as has been pointed out to me more than once by a companion Moor- maniac , if I may use a term applied to certain lovers of the Moor , might in a score of places have dams thrown across the mouths ...
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... Dartmoor , will meet each other , not with the stereotyped formula of greeting , " Very wet , " " Very fine ; " but with , " Have you seen this week's tables ? Four rainy days , and then dry weather . " Even now country - people manage ...
... Dartmoor , will meet each other , not with the stereotyped formula of greeting , " Very wet , " " Very fine ; " but with , " Have you seen this week's tables ? Four rainy days , and then dry weather . " Even now country - people manage ...
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... Dartmoor . I had a proof , as I thought it , of this last year at Torrington , which struck me forcibly , and it gave me hearty pleasure to know that we were leaving a crumb of good where we had received so warm a welcome , and such ...
... Dartmoor . I had a proof , as I thought it , of this last year at Torrington , which struck me forcibly , and it gave me hearty pleasure to know that we were leaving a crumb of good where we had received so warm a welcome , and such ...
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Abbas Abbey abbot ancient appears apud Ashburton Barnstaple Birds Bishop Bishop of Exeter bones Boniface Breccia Brit Brixham Buckfast Buckfastleigh called Cave Cave-Earth Chagford church Clyst St Coleridge Coleridge's common Cookworthy copy Cornwall Crediton Dartmoor deposits Devon Devonshire doubt Dunning edition Edward England English Exeter Exeter Cathedral father feet flint floor Gatcombe GENUS Gifford gravel Harpley Henry Holne Hyæna Ilsington July Kent's Cavern King labours land letter Linn Linnæus London Lord Machairodus manor Mary mentioned Morris Myles Coverdale observed parish Parliament passage persons plough Plymouth possession present probably Raleigh Read at Ashburton Redditus remains Richard river says sheriff shillings Sir John Sir Walter species specimen stalagmite Stannaries stone Tavistock Thomas tion Tiverton Torquay Torrington Totnes town viii villeins whilst William wool words writes Yarrell
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