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... Rickman more than to any other individual is due the present system of periodical census taking . By courtesy of Mrs. Rickman . SIR HENRY BROOKE PARNELL , Bart . , M.P. , 1797-1842 Subsequently 1st Lord Congleton . Member of Parlia ...
... Rickman more than to any other individual is due the present system of periodical census taking . By courtesy of Mrs. Rickman . SIR HENRY BROOKE PARNELL , Bart . , M.P. , 1797-1842 Subsequently 1st Lord Congleton . Member of Parlia ...
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... Rickman in 1838. Having now shared in 75 Years incessant exertions , ' he wrote in 1832 , ' I have for some Years past , proposed to decline the contest , but the numerous Works in which I am en- gaged , have hitherto prevented my ...
... Rickman in 1838. Having now shared in 75 Years incessant exertions , ' he wrote in 1832 , ' I have for some Years past , proposed to decline the contest , but the numerous Works in which I am en- gaged , have hitherto prevented my ...
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... Rickman's contempt for all poetry was such that he refused to read a single line of even his greatest friend , Robert Southey . In Rickman's own reactionary political views , too , may perhaps be found an explanation of Telford's ...
... Rickman's contempt for all poetry was such that he refused to read a single line of even his greatest friend , Robert Southey . In Rickman's own reactionary political views , too , may perhaps be found an explanation of Telford's ...
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Edinburgh at the beginning of the Twentieth Century I | 8 |
The Eighteenth Century Transport problem | 26 |
William Jessop Civil Engineer 17451814 | 32 |
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