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... say what was neces- sary - and the Church Wardens applyed to me for that purpose -But in the course of my examining the ... says , about ten different jobs on hand at the moment . He had already progressed far from the mason's apprentice ...
... say what was neces- sary - and the Church Wardens applyed to me for that purpose -But in the course of my examining the ... says , about ten different jobs on hand at the moment . He had already progressed far from the mason's apprentice ...
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... says within himself " O might I but rest in this spot and never more go three miles from home I should be happy " --but he is now entangled in so extensive a plan , that he says he is doubtful that he shall ever be able to accomplish it ...
... says within himself " O might I but rest in this spot and never more go three miles from home I should be happy " --but he is now entangled in so extensive a plan , that he says he is doubtful that he shall ever be able to accomplish it ...
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... says he is sending Priestley to see ' your pat- tern Canal , which I do not cease praising , ' and in 1829 again says , ' I congratulate you on the successful open- ing of the passage through the Deep Cutting - it is quite an Era in ...
... says he is sending Priestley to see ' your pat- tern Canal , which I do not cease praising , ' and in 1829 again says , ' I congratulate you on the successful open- ing of the passage through the Deep Cutting - it is quite an Era in ...
Contents
CHAPTER | 1 |
The Eighteenth Century Transport problem | 26 |
First Highland Survey 1801Second Highland | 60 |
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