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THE TOMAHAWK: A SATURDAY JOURNAL OF SATI...
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No. 72.] „ LONDON, SEPTEMBER 19, 1868. [...
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WOMAN AND HER MISTRESS.
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No. 2.—"Our Acting Deputy Mothers." Ther...
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The Tomahawk: A Saturday Journal Of Sati...
THE TOMAHAWK : A SATURDAY JOURNAL OF SATIRE . " INVITAT CULPAM QUI PECCATUM PRETERIT . '
No. 72.] „ London, September 19, 1868. [...
No . 72 . ] „ LONDON , SEPTEMBER 19 , 1868 . [ Price Twopence .
Woman And Her Mistress.
WOMAN AND HER MISTRESS .
No. 2.—"Our Acting Deputy Mothers." Ther...
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Tomahawk (1867-1870), Sept. 19, 1868, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/t/issues/ttw_19091868/page/1/
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