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... the work consisted mainly of two piers designed to enclose a harbour capable of admitting vessels of 100 to 200 tons burden at half tide . REFERENCES ( 1 ) Letter to John Rickman , from Edinburgh , 18th October , 1803 ( 2 ) id .
... the work consisted mainly of two piers designed to enclose a harbour capable of admitting vessels of 100 to 200 tons burden at half tide . REFERENCES ( 1 ) Letter to John Rickman , from Edinburgh , 18th October , 1803 ( 2 ) id .
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( 11 ) Rickman to Southey , 30th April , 1822. ( 12 ) March 1819. Orlo Williams ' Life and Letters of John Rickman , p . 208. ( 13 ) Rickman to Southey , 4th April , 1823. Orlo Williams , loc . cit . , p . 223.
( 11 ) Rickman to Southey , 30th April , 1822. ( 12 ) March 1819. Orlo Williams ' Life and Letters of John Rickman , p . 208. ( 13 ) Rickman to Southey , 4th April , 1823. Orlo Williams , loc . cit . , p . 223.
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Telford was in all probability often reserved in Rickman's presence . The absence of vanity or ostentation to which Rickman refers was consistent with a ranging , restless ambition and unshaken self - reliance .
Telford was in all probability often reserved in Rickman's presence . The absence of vanity or ostentation to which Rickman refers was consistent with a ranging , restless ambition and unshaken self - reliance .
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