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The Philistine: A Periodical of Protest.

“Those Philistines who engender animosity, stir up trouble and then smile.”—John Calvin.


Printed Every Little While for The Society of The Philistines and Published by Them Monthly. Subscription, One Dollar Yearly; Single Copies, 10 Cents.
Number 2. July, 1895.






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January—Lyrics from William Blake. February—Ballades from Villon. March—Mediæval Student Songs. April—A Discourse of Marcus Aurelius. May—Fragments from Sappho. June—Sonnets on English Dramatic Poets.
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