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The other parts of our business are better to be without : they give a great deal of unpleasant labour for very little profit in short they are like the calls of a Country Surgeon . These I shall give up without reluctance , except what ...
The other parts of our business are better to be without : they give a great deal of unpleasant labour for very little profit in short they are like the calls of a Country Surgeon . These I shall give up without reluctance , except what ...
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... at least I can perceive that at present this is the quarter that is looked to for real business ; and if they will provide the ways and means and give me Elbow Room - I see my way as plainly as mending the Brig at the Harbour .
... at least I can perceive that at present this is the quarter that is looked to for real business ; and if they will provide the ways and means and give me Elbow Room - I see my way as plainly as mending the Brig at the Harbour .
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The roads would open up the country , give access from the south and accelerate the passing of news from one side of the country to the other . The putting in hand of all these works would go far to settling the emigration problem ...
The roads would open up the country , give access from the south and accelerate the passing of news from one side of the country to the other . The putting in hand of all these works would go far to settling the emigration problem ...
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Contents
CHAPTER | 1 |
The Eighteenth Century Transport problem | 26 |
First Highland Survey 1801Second Highland | 60 |
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| Title | The Story of Telford: The Rise of Civil Engineering |
| Author | Sir Alexander Gibb |
| Publisher | A. Maclehose & Company, 1935 |
| Length | 357 pages |
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