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CONTENTS PAGE FOREWORD . vii PREFACE xi LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS - xix CHRONOLOGY CHAPTER I I 26 I. Early years in Eskdale - apprenticed masonWorks on the New Town in EdinburghSomerset House , London - Commissioner's House , Portsmouth ...
CONTENTS PAGE FOREWORD . vii PREFACE xi LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS - xix CHRONOLOGY CHAPTER I I 26 I. Early years in Eskdale - apprenticed masonWorks on the New Town in EdinburghSomerset House , London - Commissioner's House , Portsmouth ...
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To plant the laurel round his urn , She hastes with anxious care ; And by soft airs to distance borne , These accents strike the ear :Adieu : my dearest , favourite child : Genius and worth were thine ; Early on thee the Muses smil'd ...
To plant the laurel round his urn , She hastes with anxious care ; And by soft airs to distance borne , These accents strike the ear :Adieu : my dearest , favourite child : Genius and worth were thine ; Early on thee the Muses smil'd ...
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I think you should fix upon a line for your son , ' he wrote to a correspondent , ' his present employment will certainly inure him to habits of business , a most important object for a youth to acquire at an early period of life ...
I think you should fix upon a line for your son , ' he wrote to a correspondent , ' his present employment will certainly inure him to habits of business , a most important object for a youth to acquire at an early period of life ...
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The Eighteenth Century Transport problem | 26 |
First Highland Survey 1801Second Highland | 60 |
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