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... holy emotions , cannot be exaggerated , —the difficulty is to depict them with anything like a fair approach to their reality . The task - rashly and presumptuously undertaken it may be is accomplished ; and the result of no small ...
... holy emotions , cannot be exaggerated , —the difficulty is to depict them with anything like a fair approach to their reality . The task - rashly and presumptuously undertaken it may be is accomplished ; and the result of no small ...
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... Beard - Decision of the Holy See adverse to Father Mathew - Address from the Clergy and Laity - He bears the Disap- pointment bravely - His Friends the Rathbones 252 CONTENTS . XV ロー ner t- 196 in- ited bat xiv CONTENTS .
... Beard - Decision of the Holy See adverse to Father Mathew - Address from the Clergy and Laity - He bears the Disap- pointment bravely - His Friends the Rathbones 252 CONTENTS . XV ロー ner t- 196 in- ited bat xiv CONTENTS .
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... holy women , was a source of constant ridicule to his brothers , who called him the Pet , ' addressed him as ' Miss Molly , ' and accused him of being always ' tied to his mother's apron - string ; still , from an early age , he ...
... holy women , was a source of constant ridicule to his brothers , who called him the Pet , ' addressed him as ' Miss Molly , ' and accused him of being always ' tied to his mother's apron - string ; still , from an early age , he ...
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... Holy Sacrifice of the Mass . This was the chalice he invariably used in private , and to which he was particularly attached . His first sermon was delivered in the parish chapel of Kilfeacle , in his native county of Tipperary . It was ...
... Holy Sacrifice of the Mass . This was the chalice he invariably used in private , and to which he was particularly attached . His first sermon was delivered in the parish chapel of Kilfeacle , in his native county of Tipperary . It was ...
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... holy - something angelic ' — reflecting faithfully the inward soul . But personal attractions , however they might have commanded atten- tion , or even fascinated for the moment , would soon have failed to influence in his favour , had ...
... holy - something angelic ' — reflecting faithfully the inward soul . But personal attractions , however they might have commanded atten- tion , or even fascinated for the moment , would soon have failed to influence in his favour , had ...
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