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... Death of James Brindley . 1780. Worked as a mason in Edinburgh . 1782. Went to London . Worked as a mason on Somerset House . 1784. Superintendent on the building of the Commissioners House , Portsmouth Dockyard . 1788. Appointed ...
... Death of James Brindley . 1780. Worked as a mason in Edinburgh . 1782. Went to London . Worked as a mason on Somerset House . 1784. Superintendent on the building of the Commissioners House , Portsmouth Dockyard . 1788. Appointed ...
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... DEATH OF ROBERT BURNS , THE SCOTCH POET Clad in the sable weeds of woe , The Scottish Genius mourns ; As o'er yon tomb her sorrows flow , The NARROW HOUSE ' OF BURNS . To plant the laurel round his urn , She hastes with anxious care ...
... DEATH OF ROBERT BURNS , THE SCOTCH POET Clad in the sable weeds of woe , The Scottish Genius mourns ; As o'er yon tomb her sorrows flow , The NARROW HOUSE ' OF BURNS . To plant the laurel round his urn , She hastes with anxious care ...
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... death of poor Duncombe has been quoted . As against it , may be set a letter from another old Caledonian Canal man to Rickman after Telford's death : ' I am aware , ' he said , ' that it would be utterly presumptuous in me to hazard any ...
... death of poor Duncombe has been quoted . As against it , may be set a letter from another old Caledonian Canal man to Rickman after Telford's death : ' I am aware , ' he said , ' that it would be utterly presumptuous in me to hazard any ...
Contents
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The Eighteenth Century Transport problem | 26 |
First Highland Survey 1801Second Highland | 60 |
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