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Title: The History of England, Volume I

Author: David Hume

Release Date: January 2, 2004 [eBook #10574]

Language: English

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THE HISTORY OF ENGLAND, VOLUME I

From the Invasion of Julius Caesar to the Revolution in 1688

by

DAVID HUME, ESQ.

With the Author's Last Corrections and Improvements, to which is
prefixed a Short Account of His Life Written by