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... nature itself and has been working all this time a common Journeyman contented with a few shillings pr week more than the rest - indeed he is ador'd by both His Master and fellow workmen , but I believe your uneasy friend has kindled a ...
... nature itself and has been working all this time a common Journeyman contented with a few shillings pr week more than the rest - indeed he is ador'd by both His Master and fellow workmen , but I believe your uneasy friend has kindled a ...
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... Nature was design'd . For as Ben Lomond ‡ o'er our hills , In towering grandeur stands , And lochs and rivers sees like rills , Descending through the lands . So rais'd by Heav'n o'er bustling men , Far round thy glance was thrown With ...
... Nature was design'd . For as Ben Lomond ‡ o'er our hills , In towering grandeur stands , And lochs and rivers sees like rills , Descending through the lands . So rais'd by Heav'n o'er bustling men , Far round thy glance was thrown With ...
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... the husk of a cocoa nut , ' said Southey , ' but his inner nature like the milk within . ' With Telford he formed a close bond of union and to their unbroken collaboration was due the successful completion of THE CALEDONIAN CANAL 93.
... the husk of a cocoa nut , ' said Southey , ' but his inner nature like the milk within . ' With Telford he formed a close bond of union and to their unbroken collaboration was due the successful completion of THE CALEDONIAN CANAL 93.
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CHAPTER | 1 |
The Eighteenth Century Transport problem | 26 |
First Highland Survey 1801Second Highland | 60 |
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