Transactions of the Devonshire Association for the Advancement of Science, Literature and Art, Band 10Devonshire Press, 1878 List of members in each volume. |
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Seite 88 - A fire devoureth before them; and behind them a flame burneth: the land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness; yea, and nothing shall escape them.
Seite 153 - Proceedings of the Geological and Polytechnic Society of the West Riding of Yorkshire.
Seite 13 - BYE-LAWS. 1. The Association shall be styled the Devonshire Association for the Advancement of Science, Literature, and Art. 2. The objects of the Association are — To give a stronger impulse and a more systematic direction, to scientific enquiry in Devonshire ; and to promote the intercourse of those who cultivate Science, Literature, or Art, in different parts of the county. 3. The Association shall consist of Members, Honorary Members, and Corresponding Members. 4. Every candidate for membership,...
Seite 230 - I'll not march through Coventry with them, that's flat : nay, and the villains march wide betwixt the legs, as if they had gyves on ; for indeed I had the most of them out of prison. There's but a shirt and a half in all my company ; and the half shirt is two napkins tacked together and thrown over the shoulders like a herald's coat without sleeves...
Seite 158 - In a tooth thus formed for cutting along its concave edge, each movement of the jaw combined the power of the knife and saw ; whilst the apex, in making the first incision, acted like the two-edged point of a sabre. The backward curvature of the full-grown teeth enabled them to retain, like barbs, the prey which they had penetrated. In these adaptations we see contrivances which human ingenuity has also adopted in the preparation of various instruments of art.
Seite 222 - AH ! who can tell how hard it is to climb The steep where Fame's proud temple shines afar ; Ah ! who can tell how many a soul sublime Has felt the influence of malignant star, And waged with Fortune an eternal war...
Seite 14 - President shall not be eligible for re-election. 12. Each Annual Meeting shall appoint a local Treasurer and Secretary, who, with power to add to their number any Members of the Association, shall be a local Committee to assist in making such local arrangements as may be desirable. 13. In the intervals of the Annual Meetings, the affairs of the Association shall be managed by a Council, which shall consist exclusively of the following Members of the Association, excepting Honorary Members, and Corresponding...
Seite 229 - I, to fill up the rooms of them that have bought out their services, that you would think that I had a hundred and fifty tattered prodigals' lately come from swine-keeping, from eating draff and 3o husks.
Seite 153 - Mr. Mac Enery, that the discovery of the various and interesting fossils of this cave is principally due, and some of the rarest and most valuable of this gentleman's collection have been lately acquired by the British Museum. Among the Ursine fossils meriting especial notice, are portions of the skull and teeth of the Ursus...
Seite 263 - To the pious memory of Sir Francis Drake,' and in wine ' May the descendants of him who brought us water never want wine.