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    Characters and Episodes of the Great Rebellion , selected from the History and Autobiographj * of Edward , Earl of Clarendon . ' Editedwith notesby

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  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Aug. 1, 1889, page 890, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_01081889/page/16/