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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.
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.
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VERSES ON READING AN ACCOUNT OF THE 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 ...
VERSES ON READING AN ACCOUNT OF THE 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 ...
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He was intolerant of inefficiency , and his irritated description of the 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 was intolerant of inefficiency , and his irritated description of the 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 ...
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