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| Título | History of England, by Hume and Smollett; with a continuation by T.S. Hughes, Volumen10 History of England, by Hume and Smollett; with a continuation by T.S. Hughes, Tobias George Smollett |
| Autor | David Hume |
| Publicado | 1854 |
| Procedencia del original | Universidad de Oxford |
| Digitalizado | 26 Jun. 2006 |
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