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But what was want of wealth to thee , Whose bold capacious mind , In native independence free , By Nature was design'd . For as Ben Lomond $ o'er our hills , In towering grandeur stands , And lochs and rivers sees like rills ...
But what was want of wealth to thee , Whose bold capacious mind , In native independence free , By Nature was design'd . For as Ben Lomond $ o'er our hills , In towering grandeur stands , And lochs and rivers sees like rills ...
Page 69
... and Reports and I shall at present conclude by assuring you that I have not lost any opportunity in endeavouring to render the surveys perfect , and the information as complete as the nature of such a rapid survey would admit of .
... and Reports and I shall at present conclude by assuring you that I have not lost any opportunity in endeavouring to render the surveys perfect , and the information as complete as the nature of such a rapid survey would admit of .
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In this account the roads appear at the moment to be usurping too much attention , and it is time to turn from them to other of Telford's works — to a highly important work of quite different nature that synchronised with the completion ...
In this account the roads appear at the moment to be usurping too much attention , and it is time to turn from them to other of Telford's works — to a highly important work of quite different nature that synchronised with the completion ...
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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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