The Treasury of British Eloquence: Specimens of Brilliant Orations by the Most Eminent Statesmen, Divines, Etc., of Great Britain of the Last Four Centuries : with Biographical and Critical Notices and IndexW. P. Nimmo & Company, 1881 - 544 pages |
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