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    THE SPINNING WHEEL. 95

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    (Continued.) - Ii. The Spinning Wheel.

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    The Spinning Wheel. 95

    THE SPINNING WHEEL . 95

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  • English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Oct. 1, 1863, page 95, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01101863/page/23/