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MEDIAEVAL TRAITS. 47
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Mediaeval Traits. 47
_MEDIAEVAL TRAITS . 47
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Sept. 1, 1858, page 47, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01091858/page/47/
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