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      , , a well biographical in introduction . Mr . O'Conor was

      Known JLancashire as a thoughtful and

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      Tennyson ' s * Palace of Art / and Browning ' s ' Childe Roland . ' #

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  • Citation
    • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), May 1, 1889, page 460, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_01051889/page/6/