She was a patroness of learned men, &c. See title Devonshire in vol. i.    From Wordnik.com.  [Collins's peerage of England; genealogical, biographical, and historical] Reference

"Did you see the hole that the Duchess of Devonshire is making in the Forum?".    From Wordnik.com.  [Rome in the First and Nineteenth Centuries] Reference

The Duke of Devonshire is 47 and is, at that tender age, a happy grandfather.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Modern Commonwealth] Reference

Charles, born 1620, killed at Hartland, in Devonshire, in the King's Party in the Civil War.    From Wordnik.com.  [Letters from Dorothy Osborne to Sir William Temple (1652-54)] Reference

His father, John Molle, of South Molton, in Devonshire, married a sister of Sir Thomas Cheke.    From Wordnik.com.  [Letters from Dorothy Osborne to Sir William Temple (1652-54)] Reference

It was the dear friends she found or made in Devonshire that gave warmth to her recollections.    From Wordnik.com.  [Autobiography and Other Memorials of Mrs. Gilbert, Formerly Ann Taylor] Reference

The deepest snow remembered in Devonshire, set in the day after I came, and has so blocked up the roads.    From Wordnik.com.  [Memoirs, Correspondence and Poetical Remains of Jane Taylor] Reference

She is the niece to Mr Gifford, of Gifford Castle, in Devonshire, who married a very beautiful Greek lady some years ago.    From Wordnik.com.  [Zoe: The History of Two Lives] Reference

"I don't know what one might see in Devonshire," he remarked, presently, "but I know this county can't show the like of him!".    From Wordnik.com.  [Queechy] Reference

A prominent Conservative Party hostess, political careers were regularly made and broken in Devonshire House along Piccadilly.    From Wordnik.com.  [Edwardian Society Pt I: Politics | Edwardian Promenade] Reference

Not so happy neither, inestimable Lady, for I lost the finest Mare yesterday — but let that pass, were you never in Devonshire.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sir Patient Fancy] Reference

At present we are on a visit to Lady Ashburton in Devonshire; so your Letter did not reach me till yesterday, as we left London on.    From Wordnik.com.  [New Letters and Memorials of Jane Welsh Carlyle] Reference

You remember, I used to go and stay with the Mainwarings in Devonshire.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Fire Within] Reference

You will find that this man a few years ago was perhaps eking out a miserable existence in Devonshire.    From Wordnik.com.  [Empire and Democracy] Reference

Cornwall; whereas in Devonshire, which is the next county, there are reckoned about seventy, some of which are exceeding large and fine.    From Wordnik.com.  [From London to Land's End] Reference

We may therefore presume that for 'Devonshire' ought to be inserted the name of some other county or place.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ancient Poems, Ballads, and Songs of the Peasantry of England] Reference

He was a member of the 'Devonshire' at the time I knew him, and was, I think, the most superior person I have ever met.    From Wordnik.com.  [Novel Notes] Reference

Crown, "Holborn, in thirty-six hours: passengers for London have a further choice of the" Devonshire "(running through Bristol) or the.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Mayor of Troy] Reference

As early as 1614 the lace-makers of Devonshire were known.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chats on Old Lace and Needlework] Reference

Devonshire, "on Wednesday about ten at night," and there, in.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Quarterly Review, Volume 162, No. 324, April, 1886] Reference

Surrey, 2nd West Yorkshire, 2nd East Surrey, 2nd Devonshire.    From Wordnik.com.  [South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 2 (of 6) From the Commencement of the War to the Battle of Colenso, 15th Dec. 1899] Reference

This rising, which began in Devonshire, rapidly spread throughout.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Cornwall Coast] Reference

Most of the old Devonshire laces bear distinct likeness to the fine.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chats on Old Lace and Needlework] Reference

Devonshire, at Chiswick Lodge: copied by courteous permission of his.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Royal Guide to Wax Flower Modelling] Reference

Chatsworth, the seat of the Duke of Devonshire, and soon after was named.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Royal Guide to Wax Flower Modelling] Reference

Devonshire, yet Cornwall treasures their memories with justifiable pride.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Cornwall Coast] Reference

This was the receipt in Berkshire, but in Devonshire silver was not necessary.    From Wordnik.com.  [Three Thousand Years of Mental Healing] Reference

Its general haunts are the crevices of high cliffs in Devonshire and Cornwall.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Peacock 'At Home:' A Sequel to the Butterfly's Ball] Reference

Duke of Devonshire streets, never have a chance to see in its Augustan pomp and glory.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Continental Monthly, Vol. 3, No. 1 January 1863 Devoted To Literature And National Policy] Reference

"A bright and interesting account of the manifold attractions which Devonshire offers.".    From Wordnik.com.  [The Cornwall Coast] Reference

I find something of Devonshire even in Dorsetshire; Shropshire gives me a taste of Wales.    From Wordnik.com.  [My Daily Meditation for the Circling Year] Reference

They were descending now, driving between the high banks and hedges of a true Devonshire lane.    From Wordnik.com.  [Antony Gray,—Gardener] Reference

Devonshire apparently received a contingent of laceworkers quite distinct from those who settled in.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chats on Old Lace and Needlework] Reference