A History of England from the Conclusion of the Great War in 1815, Volumen1Longmans, Green, 1878 - 474 páginas |
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... 1 See , inter alia , Meteyard's Wedgwood , vol . i . p . 267 . 2 Smiles ' Telford , p . 89 , to which I am indebted for many of the preced- ing details . I. While Metcalf was making his three miles of highway 84 HISTORY OF ENGLAND .
... 1 See , inter alia , Meteyard's Wedgwood , vol . i . p . 267 . 2 Smiles ' Telford , p . 89 , to which I am indebted for many of the preced- ing details . I. While Metcalf was making his three miles of highway 84 HISTORY OF ENGLAND .
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... Telford , the only son of a poor widow , was herding sheep in Eskdale , and gaining some slight instruction in the parish school of Westerkirk . At fifteen he had passed from the sheep walk to a mason's at Lochmaben , and was diligently ...
... Telford , the only son of a poor widow , was herding sheep in Eskdale , and gaining some slight instruction in the parish school of Westerkirk . At fifteen he had passed from the sheep walk to a mason's at Lochmaben , and was diligently ...
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... Telford was made engineer of the new canal at a salary of 500l . a year . The construction of this canal , or the Ellesmere Canal , as it is called , at once placed Telford at the very summit of his profession . The magnificent ...
... Telford was made engineer of the new canal at a salary of 500l . a year . The construction of this canal , or the Ellesmere Canal , as it is called , at once placed Telford at the very summit of his profession . The magnificent ...
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... Telford's assistance should be invoked , both to remedy the roads in Wales , and the roads in Scotland . He was employed by the Government to open up the Highlands ; and 920 miles of road were made , and 1,200 bridges were built , in ...
... Telford's assistance should be invoked , both to remedy the roads in Wales , and the roads in Scotland . He was employed by the Government to open up the Highlands ; and 920 miles of road were made , and 1,200 bridges were built , in ...
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... Telford's roads had called a new Scotland into exist- ence . But Telford's name was as powerful in North Wales as in the Highlands . The magnificent aqueducts across the Ceriog and the Dee , which still excite the admiration of every ...
... Telford's roads had called a new Scotland into exist- ence . But Telford's name was as powerful in North Wales as in the Highlands . The magnificent aqueducts across the Ceriog and the Dee , which still excite the admiration of every ...
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