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... honour of Ireland . But although I felt this as strongly as anyone could feel it , I did not venture to attempt the task of becoming his biographer until I saw that no other person had intimated an intention of so doing . Not having ...
... honour of Ireland . But although I felt this as strongly as anyone could feel it , I did not venture to attempt the task of becoming his biographer until I saw that no other person had intimated an intention of so doing . Not having ...
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... honours as are but rarely accorded to , and more rarely deserved by , man from his fellows - when he was to be hailed with affectionate reverence by venerable priests and learned professors , and with tumultuous acclamations by warm ...
... honours as are but rarely accorded to , and more rarely deserved by , man from his fellows - when he was to be hailed with affectionate reverence by venerable priests and learned professors , and with tumultuous acclamations by warm ...
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... honoured names and sacred memories with the celebration of the 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 ...
... honoured names and sacred memories with the celebration of the 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 ...
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... honour to your party , and to appear as a gentleman ought ; and in a fit of con- fiding simplicity I entrusted my only shirt to Molly , to do up ; and here I am , all this blessed morning , fuming and fretting my life out , and she by ...
... honour to your party , and to appear as a gentleman ought ; and in a fit of con- fiding simplicity I entrusted my only shirt to Molly , to do up ; and here I am , all this blessed morning , fuming and fretting my life out , and she by ...
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... honoured his worth . • Oh , Dr. Collins , ' said a lady to the Dean , I have been just listening to a sermon from Father Mathew , and I have been greatly edified . ' ' My dear , ' answered the venerable priest , his life is a sermon ...
... honoured his worth . • Oh , Dr. Collins , ' said a lady to the Dean , I have been just listening to a sermon from Father Mathew , and I have been greatly edified . ' ' My dear , ' answered the venerable priest , his life is a sermon ...
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