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... devoted Catholic Priest as he was , might be truly said to belong to mankind rather than to party or to sect . If by re- cording the life I have helped to perpetuate the memory of a great and good man , I have achieved a task of which I ...
... devoted Catholic Priest as he was , might be truly said to belong to mankind rather than to party or to sect . If by re- cording the life I have helped to perpetuate the memory of a great and good man , I have achieved a task of which I ...
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... devoted as well to the defence of his persecuted or endangered faith , as to the promotion of liberal and tolerant opinions , and the maintenance of social order . This was the famous Father Arthur O'Leary . As a priest , he was pious ...
... devoted as well to the defence of his persecuted or endangered faith , as to the promotion of liberal and tolerant opinions , and the maintenance of social order . This was the famous Father Arthur O'Leary . As a priest , he was pious ...
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... devote himself thenceforward to the duty of attending on the condemned in their last moments . His wish was gratified ; for , in some time after his return to Ireland , he was ap- pointed Chaplain to the County Gaol of Cork , but not ...
... devote himself thenceforward to the duty of attending on the condemned in their last moments . His wish was gratified ; for , in some time after his return to Ireland , he was ap- pointed Chaplain to the County Gaol of Cork , but not ...
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... devoted themselves with zeal to its superinten- dence . In this admirable school , which was established in a large store adjoining the Friary , hundreds of children were instructed in the ordinary rudiments of literary knowledge , and ...
... devoted themselves with zeal to its superinten- dence . In this admirable school , which was established in a large store adjoining the Friary , hundreds of children were instructed in the ordinary rudiments of literary knowledge , and ...
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... devoted- ness , and the generosity of the principal inhabitants , whom it united together , even as one man , irrespective of all political or religious dis- tinctions whatever . This was just the occasion to call into their fullest ...
... devoted- ness , and the generosity of the principal inhabitants , whom it united together , even as one man , irrespective of all political or religious dis- tinctions whatever . This was just the occasion to call into their fullest ...
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