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      modern Italian society , ' Sant' Ilario , ' runs through the volume ; Mr . Swinburne contributes more than one poem , and Archibald

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  • Citation
    • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Sept. 16, 1889, page 1099, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_16091889/page/17/