Men of invention and industry

Contents: A speck in the Northern Ocean, with a rocky coast, an ungenial climate, and a soil scarcely fruitful,—this was the material patrimony which descended to the English race—an inheritance that would have been little worth but for the inestimable moral gift that accompanied it. Yes; from Celts...

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Tác giả chính: Smiles, Samuel
Định dạng: Sách
Ngôn ngữ:Undetermined
Được phát hành: New York Harper & Brothers 1885
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