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... Meeting in the Theatre Royal - The Man and the Cause - O'Connell's Speech- A Monster Tea - party - Father Mathew pays for it - Death of his Brother Frank 167 CHAPTER XIX . He determines to visit England - Inducements to do so- ] -Earl ...
... Meeting in the Theatre Royal - The Man and the Cause - O'Connell's Speech- A Monster Tea - party - Father Mathew pays for it - Death of his Brother Frank 167 CHAPTER XIX . He determines to visit England - Inducements to do so- ] -Earl ...
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... meeting , and hinted no word of rebuke as she strained him to her breast . Many a time - aye , a full half century after— did Father Mathew tell of that sweet greeting , which more than repaid the young traveller for the toil and ...
... meeting , and hinted no word of rebuke as she strained him to her breast . Many a time - aye , a full half century after— did Father Mathew tell of that sweet greeting , which more than repaid the young traveller for the toil and ...
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... meeting being of a convivial character , the attention of the authori- ties was attracted to a circumstance extraordinary and unlooked - for in such a place . The master of the feast was at once put under cen- sure ; but anticipating ...
... meeting being of a convivial character , the attention of the authori- ties was attracted to a circumstance extraordinary and unlooked - for in such a place . The master of the feast was at once put under cen- sure ; but anticipating ...
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... meeting . the preacher at breakfast , he expressed his personal acknowledgments thus : Father Mathew , I feel very much obliged to you for trying to squeeze me through the eye of a needle . ' The old gentleman was at that time corpulent ...
... meeting . the preacher at breakfast , he expressed his personal acknowledgments thus : Father Mathew , I feel very much obliged to you for trying to squeeze me through the eye of a needle . ' The old gentleman was at that time corpulent ...
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... meeting a respectable lady with whose family he was most intimate , abruptly said : ' Congratulate me ! —I have a young priest at last - and a charming young fellow he is , I can assure you . I hope , Father Donovan , you will be kind ...
... meeting a respectable lady with whose family he was most intimate , abruptly said : ' Congratulate me ! —I have a young priest at last - and a charming young fellow he is , I can assure you . I hope , Father Donovan , you will be kind ...
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