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... 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 one end of it to the other , as a true continuation of ...
... 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 one end of it to the other , as a true continuation of ...
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... known Father Mathew from my childhood ; and the feeling which I entertained towards him at that early period of my life , ripened into the strongest and the truest friend- ship as I grew to manhood . From that time , and up to the year ...
... known Father Mathew from my childhood ; and the feeling which I entertained towards him at that early period of my life , ripened into the strongest and the truest friend- ship as I grew to manhood . From that time , and up to the year ...
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... known at first - Con- fessional of a Popular Priest - Devotedness of Father Mathew's Friendship . 16 CHAPTER III . Father Mathew establishes Literary and Industrial Schools - Attracts the Young to him - Founds valuable Societies ...
... known at first - Con- fessional of a Popular Priest - Devotedness of Father Mathew's Friendship . 16 CHAPTER III . Father Mathew establishes Literary and Industrial Schools - Attracts the Young to him - Founds valuable Societies ...
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... known as the ' Golden Vale , ' there stands a noble mansion in the midst of a still nobler demesne . Its name is Thomastown . And here , on the 10th of October 1790 , THEOBALD MATHEW was born . Thomastown was for many generations the ...
... known as the ' Golden Vale , ' there stands a noble mansion in the midst of a still nobler demesne . Its name is Thomastown . And here , on the 10th of October 1790 , THEOBALD MATHEW was born . Thomastown was for many generations the ...
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... known to have uttered , not to say an improper word , or word of dubious meaning , but even a light word ; and a harsh or unkind expression towards any person was never known to have fallen from his lips . In this respect , as in many ...
... known to have uttered , not to say an improper word , or word of dubious meaning , but even a light word ; and a harsh or unkind expression towards any person was never known to have fallen from his lips . In this respect , as in many ...
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