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... Blessed Saviour ! I can truly congratulate you on having known and loved him ; on having been able to write of him in a spirit of such in- telligent sympathy ; lastly , let me presume to say , on having com- posed your able book , from ...
... Blessed Saviour ! I can truly congratulate you on having known and loved him ; on having been able to write of him in a spirit of such in- telligent sympathy ; lastly , let me presume to say , on having com- posed your able book , from ...
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... blessings on the head of their young benefactor , and who looked upon him as a ' born saint . ' The strange influence he acquired over his brothers , three of whom were his seniors , was displayed in various ways . Theobald was some ...
... blessings on the head of their young benefactor , and who looked upon him as a ' born saint . ' The strange influence he acquired over his brothers , three of whom were his seniors , was displayed in various ways . Theobald was some ...
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... blessed morning , fuming and fretting my life out , and she by the way starching and ironing it ! My blessing on you , Molly ' t is you that would make up linen for the Prince Regent , let alone a poor Irish friar ! ' Father Dan's last ...
... blessed morning , fuming and fretting my life out , and she by the way starching and ironing it ! My blessing on you , Molly ' t is you that would make up linen for the Prince Regent , let alone a poor Irish friar ! ' Father Dan's last ...
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... blessing to the neighbourhood . Father Mathew cherished it as the apple of his eye . In the year 1824 there were 500 pupils , grown girls as well as children , in this school . The upper loft , or apartment , was occupied by 200 girls ...
... blessing to the neighbourhood . Father Mathew cherished it as the apple of his eye . In the year 1824 there were 500 pupils , grown girls as well as children , in this school . The upper loft , or apartment , was occupied by 200 girls ...
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... blessings upon her benefactor . Father Mathew concluded his good work by following her body to the grave , where it was laid by the side of that young creature whose short life had been that of a martyr and a saint . Father Donovan died ...
... blessings upon her benefactor . Father Mathew concluded his good work by following her body to the grave , where it was laid by the side of that young creature whose short life had been that of a martyr and a saint . Father Donovan died ...
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