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... Early years in Eskdale - apprenticed mason- Works on the New Town in Edinburgh- Somerset House , London - Commissioner's House , Portsmouth Dockyard - Shrewsbury -Surveyor of Shropshire - St . Chad's Church -Montford and Buildwas ...
... Early years in Eskdale - apprenticed mason- Works on the New Town in Edinburgh- Somerset House , London - Commissioner's House , Portsmouth Dockyard - Shrewsbury -Surveyor of Shropshire - St . Chad's Church -Montford and Buildwas ...
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... Early on thee the Muses smil'd , Early I saw the shine . ' Twas thine , with sympathetic mind , To sing in tenderest strains ; The virtuous joys * which bliss my kind , My uncorrupted swains . ' Twas thine to slash with satire keen ...
... Early on thee the Muses smil'd , Early I saw the shine . ' Twas thine , with sympathetic mind , To sing in tenderest strains ; The virtuous joys * which bliss my kind , My uncorrupted swains . ' Twas thine to slash with satire keen ...
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... early period of life , it smooths his progress and renders employment and assiduity a pleasure . ' He repeats his views to another in very similar terms . It is absolutely necessary to give early habits to young persons , in the ...
... early period of life , it smooths his progress and renders employment and assiduity a pleasure . ' He repeats his views to another in very similar terms . It is absolutely necessary to give early habits to young persons , in the ...
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The Eighteenth Century Transport problem | 26 |
First Highland Survey 1801Second Highland | 60 |
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