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... writes to Little- ' I rise in the morning at 7 o'Clock and will continue to get up earlier till it comes to 5 - I then set seriously to work , to make out Accts , write on business , or draw till breakfast which is at 9. Going round ...
... writes to Little- ' I rise in the morning at 7 o'Clock and will continue to get up earlier till it comes to 5 - I then set seriously to work , to make out Accts , write on business , or draw till breakfast which is at 9. Going round ...
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... writes in September 1800 , ' to the mind to be admitted as a leading member in the profession in which a Man has been bred , and more especially in objects of magnitude and difficulty - and where the improvement of a great Kingdom is ...
... writes in September 1800 , ' to the mind to be admitted as a leading member in the profession in which a Man has been bred , and more especially in objects of magnitude and difficulty - and where the improvement of a great Kingdom is ...
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... writes not quite so often as the Baron . ' However the difficulties were overcome , and from first to last not less than fifty , and probably more , en- gineers and foremen and others were found and sent over by Telford . The great ...
... writes not quite so often as the Baron . ' However the difficulties were overcome , and from first to last not less than fifty , and probably more , en- gineers and foremen and others were found and sent over by Telford . The great ...
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CHAPTER | 1 |
The Eighteenth Century Transport problem | 26 |
First Highland Survey 1801Second Highland | 60 |
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