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... writes to Little- ' I rise in the morning at 7 o'Clock and will continue to get up earlier till it comes to 5 - I then set seriously to work , to make out Accts , write on business , or draw till breakfast which is at 9. Going round ...
... writes to Little- ' I rise in the morning at 7 o'Clock and will continue to get up earlier till it comes to 5 - I then set seriously to work , to make out Accts , write on business , or draw till breakfast which is at 9. Going round ...
Page 129
... writes not quite so often as the Baron . ' However the difficulties were overcome , and from first to last not less than fifty , and probably more , en- gineers and foremen and others were found and sent over by Telford . The great ...
... writes not quite so often as the Baron . ' However the difficulties were overcome , and from first to last not less than fifty , and probably more , en- gineers and foremen and others were found and sent over by Telford . The great ...
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... writes : ' Really I am puzzled by this long silence from my best and I may say only Counceler in my intricate business ' and a fortnight later , ' I am now determined to write you a letter every week till I get an answer THE GOTHA CANAL ...
... writes : ' Really I am puzzled by this long silence from my best and I may say only Counceler in my intricate business ' and a fortnight later , ' I am now determined to write you a letter every week till I get an answer THE GOTHA CANAL ...
Contents
CHAPTER | 1 |
The Eighteenth Century Transport problem | 26 |
First Highland Survey 1801Second Highland | 60 |
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