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      A THE READER . [ No . 286 , Sat ., Sept . 15 , 1855 .

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Sept. 15, 1855, page 900, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2106/page/24/