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Fourteenth Report of the Committee on Devonshire Verbal Provincialisms
Trans. Devon Assoc., vol. XXVII, (1895), pp. 181-211.
by
F.T. Elworthy, Member of Council of the Philological Society
Prepared by Michael Steer
The Committee’s Report was read at the Association’s July 1895 Okehampton meeting. The Members’ purpose was to note and record current and past use of any Verbal Provincialisms in Devonshire, in either written or spoken language, that had not been included in the lists published in the Association’s Transactions. The Report, from a copy of a rare journal can be downloaded from the Internet Archive. Google has sponsored the digitization of books from several libraries. These books, on which copyright has expired, are available for free educational and research use, both as individual books and as full collections to aid researchers.
Committee Members -Mr. J. S. Amery, Mr. F.T. Elworthy, (Secretary), Mr. F. H. Firth, Mr. P.O. Hutchinson, Mr. P.Q. Karkeek, Dr. W.C. Lake, Dr. T.N. Brushfield and Mrs. J. Rose Troup.
| Name | Page |
|---|---|
| Anderson, John | 51 |
| Ayer, Marshall | 49 |
| Barnes, William | 48 |
| Berry | 60 |
| Blackmore, Richard Doddridge | 44 |
| Boileau Despréaux, Nicolas | 47 |
| Britten, F.J. | 45 |
| Burdett, Sir Francis | 53 |
| Burns, Robert | 51 |
| Campion, Mr. Edmund | 50 |
| Carew, Richard | 42 |
| Charles II | 49 |
| Chaucer, Geoffrey | 54-5 |
| Chope, R.Pearse | 42 |
| Coke (Cook) | 54 |
| Cotgrave, Randle | 52, 54, 56-7 |
| Cryseyde | 54 |
| Dix, Mr. Samuel | 50 |
| Du Change, Charles du Fresne | 55 |
| Edward I | 43 |
| Elizabeth I | 46, 53 |
| Ellis, Mr. A.J. | 60 |
| Ford, J. | 60 |
| Halliwell-Phillips, James Orchard | 45, 48, 50-1, 57-8 |
| Hare, W. | 58 |
| Henry IV | 52 |
| Hewett, Mrs. Sarah | 54-5 |
| Jefferies, Richard | 49 |
| Kennett, White | 45 |
| Lowry, H.D. | 59 |
| Mannyng, R. | 54 |
| Mary, Blessed Virgin | 46 |
| Milton, John | 51 |
| Murray, James | 48 |
| Niton, Saint | 48 |
| Northall, G.F. | 50 |
| Pengelly, Mr. William | 41 |
| Penny, Robert | 56 |
| Pindar, Peter | 44, 53 |
| Reichel, Rev. O J. | 42 |
| Saunder, John | 60 |
| Shakespeare, William | 52 |
| Sidwell, Saint | 56 |
| Skeat, Walter William | 54 |
| Stratmann, Francis Henry | 59 |
| Taylor, Rev. A.D. | 42 |
| Troylus | 54 |
| Twain, Mark | 47 |
| Usurer, Pers the | 54 |
| Wills, George | 57 |
| Wills, W.D. & H.O. | 46 |
| Wolcot, John | 44 |
| Woodhouse, H,B,S, | 42 |
| Wright, Dr. Joseph | 41-3, 57 |