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... perhaps , that he had little time for friendships . In 1788 his duty as Surveyor brought him into touch with John Howard who came to inspect the reconstruc- tion of the County Gaol , and Telford's profound im- pressions of Howard's ...
... perhaps , that he had little time for friendships . In 1788 his duty as Surveyor brought him into touch with John Howard who came to inspect the reconstruc- tion of the County Gaol , and Telford's profound im- pressions of Howard's ...
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... perhaps to accept his recom- mendations because these last were authoritative and based on technical surveys - and not merely the result of patriotic but perhaps somewhat unbalanced en- thusiasm . The same to some considerable extent ...
... perhaps to accept his recom- mendations because these last were authoritative and based on technical surveys - and not merely the result of patriotic but perhaps somewhat unbalanced en- thusiasm . The same to some considerable extent ...
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... perhaps not without interest to You . And now my dear Friend I say nothing about my own posi- tion ; you know what a happy man a Ministre is in our days particularly when he is an honest one . For all that I am con- tented as I see my ...
... perhaps not without interest to You . And now my dear Friend I say nothing about my own posi- tion ; you know what a happy man a Ministre is in our days particularly when he is an honest one . For all that I am con- tented as I see my ...
Contents
CHAPTER | 1 |
The Eighteenth Century Transport problem | 26 |
First Highland Survey 1801Second Highland | 60 |
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