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- ↑ J. Boyd, Science and Whig Manners (2009) p. 76
- ↑ M. Isabella, Risorgimento in Exile (2009) p. 115
- ↑ Quoted in J. Burrow, A History of Histories (Penguin 2009) p. 368
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- ↑ B. Wilson, Decency and Disorder (London 2007) pp. 316, 326
- ↑ J. Buchan, The Complete Short Stories II (1997) p. 75