Report and Transactions, Volume 9Guernsey Star and Gazette Company, 1927 - Guernsey |
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Page 376 - That no addition to or alteration of these rules shall be made except by a majority of three-fourths of the members present at an Annual general meeting, or at an Extraordinary general meeting convened for the purpose, fourteen days' notice of such proposed alteration or addition being sent to each member.
Page 347 - ... varying in width from a fraction of an inch to a foot, project above the general surface of the rock.
Page 426 - The walls connecting the towers are 60 ft. in length and 1 7 ft. in height, and are slightly curved near the towers. They terminate in herring-bone masonry, the four upper courses of which contain many Roman tiles and bricks. The south-western tower and the bulk of the south wall have been undermined by the sea, and have fallen partly on to the beach below and partly on to the narrow strip of land between the edge of the cliff and the present eighteenth-century wall. The walls are built of rather...
Page 386 - The portraits of Increase Mather, with some notes on Thomas Johnson, an English mezzotinter.
Page 59 - ... of the death of the old year and the birth of the new. In the comedy of the Renaissance the doctor is a stock figure, mocked for his pretentiousness and pomposity.
Page 88 - there was only one thing to do and that was to proceed in the discussion of the treaty by way of amendment and reservation.
Page 376 - Society shall be to print, or reprint, for distribution among the members and for sale to the public, rare and valuable books, pamphlets and documents relating to the history of South Africa. 2. The annual subscription shall be ten shillings, payable in advance, on the 1st January. Life membership may be obtained by a single subscription of ten pounds or more. 3. Each member of the Society, having paid his subscription, shall be entitled to a copy of every work produced by the Society, and to vote...
Page 376 - ... exhibitions, publications, the establishment of libraries ; and to give financial assistance for the promotion of invention and research. Current Activities. The Institution has twenty-two local centres and sub-centres in the United Kingdom and numerous oversea organizations. Important work is achieved in the holding of meetings for the reading and discussion of papers. The Institution holds ordinary meetings, informal meetings, and meetings of the Divisions and their Professional Groups monthly...
Page 431 - ... by the crumbling of an idol or the disclosure of a skeleton; judge talent at its best and character at its worst; suspect power more than...
Page 239 - Milly en Gastinois, le Boys Mallesherbes, conseiller et chambellan du roy nostre sire et admiral de France, a tous ceulx qui ces presentes lettres verront, salut.