Anecdotes of the Life of the Right Honourable William Pitt, Earl Chatham: And of the Principle Events of His Time; with His Speeches in Parliament, from the Year 1736 to the Year 1778. In Three Volumes, Volumen1J.S. Jordan, 1793 - 386 páginas |
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