James Brindley and the early Engineers ... Abridged from “Lives of the Engineers.'. |
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... proceeded to cultivate . It is a remarkable con- firmation of this view of the early settlement of the country by its present races , that the modern English language extends over the whole of the arable land of England and Scotland ...
... proceeded to cultivate . It is a remarkable con- firmation of this view of the early settlement of the country by its present races , that the modern English language extends over the whole of the arable land of England and Scotland ...
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... proceeded accordingly to embank them after the practice of the country from which they had come . The work was carried on from one generation to another , as necessity required , HEND FOBBING MARSH CANVEY ISLAND TILBURY SEA REACH CLIFFE ...
... proceeded accordingly to embank them after the practice of the country from which they had come . The work was carried on from one generation to another , as necessity required , HEND FOBBING MARSH CANVEY ISLAND TILBURY SEA REACH CLIFFE ...
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... the concern , and Vermuyden proceeded to bring together from all quarters a large number of workmen , mostly Dutch and Flemish . It so happened that there were then settled in England 22 CHAP . II . FORMATION OF A DUTCH COMPANY.
... the concern , and Vermuyden proceeded to bring together from all quarters a large number of workmen , mostly Dutch and Flemish . It so happened that there were then settled in England 22 CHAP . II . FORMATION OF A DUTCH COMPANY.
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... personal violence , having fought " thirty - one set battles " with the fen - men in defence of the drain- ers ' rights . the sum of 50007. , which he forthwith proceeded to CHAP . II . VERMUYDEN PURCHASES MALVERN CHASE . 29.
... personal violence , having fought " thirty - one set battles " with the fen - men in defence of the drain- ers ' rights . the sum of 50007. , which he forthwith proceeded to CHAP . II . VERMUYDEN PURCHASES MALVERN CHASE . 29.
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Samuel Smiles. the sum of 50007. , which he forthwith proceeded to reclaim and enclose . Shortly after he took a grant of 4000 acres of waste land on Sedgemoor , with the same object , for which he paid 12,000l . Then in 1631 we find him ...
Samuel Smiles. the sum of 50007. , which he forthwith proceeded to reclaim and enclose . Shortly after he took a grant of 4000 acres of waste land on Sedgemoor , with the same object , for which he paid 12,000l . Then in 1631 we find him ...
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