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... reverence for good and 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 ...
... reverence for good and 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 ...
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... reverence for God's name , which he never lightly pronounced , -all marked out Theobald , especially in the estimation of the women of the household , as the future ' Priest of the family . ' Mrs. Mathew was a pious Catholic , and ...
... reverence for God's name , which he never lightly pronounced , -all marked out Theobald , especially in the estimation of the women of the household , as the future ' Priest of the family . ' Mrs. Mathew was a pious Catholic , and ...
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... reverence by venerable priests and learned professors , and with tumultuous acclamations by warm - hearted and enthusiastic students . One might be disposed to think that this un- expected severance of his connection with Maynooth was ...
... reverence by venerable priests and learned professors , and with tumultuous acclamations by warm - hearted and enthusiastic students . One might be disposed to think that this un- expected severance of his connection with Maynooth was ...
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... reverence for authority , and that natural humility which induced a willing and cheerful obedience . 6 Father Donovan seemed , as it were , to have got a new lease of life since the arrival of his youthful coadjutor , of whose ...
... reverence for authority , and that natural humility which induced a willing and cheerful obedience . 6 Father Donovan seemed , as it were , to have got a new lease of life since the arrival of his youthful coadjutor , of whose ...
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... reverential . ' They , ' he used to say , ' will be as high in heaven as the highest in the land . " The circumstances of the Friary were now different from what they had been before Father Mathew's arrival . The church , though ...
... reverential . ' They , ' he used to say , ' will be as high in heaven as the highest in the land . " The circumstances of the Friary were now different from what they had been before Father Mathew's arrival . The church , though ...
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