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... suffering , and her oppressors at length discovered that no enactment could crush her out of existence , or diminish her vitality , and so gave up actively op- pressing , without , however , repealing the disgraceful laws which con ...
... suffering , and her oppressors at length discovered that no enactment could crush her out of existence , or diminish her vitality , and so gave up actively op- pressing , without , however , repealing the disgraceful laws which con ...
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... suffer him to disturb them at that hour to open the gate for him , and admit him in the usual way . The invalid , who was the object of so much solicitude , recovered from the attack , and lives to this day to tell , with grateful ...
... suffer him to disturb them at that hour to open the gate for him , and admit him in the usual way . The invalid , who was the object of so much solicitude , recovered from the attack , and lives to this day to tell , with grateful ...
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... work he soon found distraction for his sorrow . But he was ere long to suffer the keenest affliction of his whole life . This was the death of his youngest brother . Though the fourth son of his parents , Father Mathew.
... work he soon found distraction for his sorrow . But he was ere long to suffer the keenest affliction of his whole life . This was the death of his youngest brother . Though the fourth son of his parents , Father Mathew.
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... sufferings of his Divine Master , he learned the duty of resignation , and obtained sufficient strength to assume at least an outward composure of manner . It was a hard struggle , however , to one of his disposition ; and his eyes ...
... sufferings of his Divine Master , he learned the duty of resignation , and obtained sufficient strength to assume at least an outward composure of manner . It was a hard struggle , however , to one of his disposition ; and his eyes ...
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... suffering , those sunk in sorrow or lost in shame . The charity which glowed in his own breast he imparted , even if ... sufferings and in their patience , in their profound misery and in their exalted charity ; and while he touched the ...
... suffering , those sunk in sorrow or lost in shame . The charity which glowed in his own breast he imparted , even if ... sufferings and in their patience , in their profound misery and in their exalted charity ; and while he touched the ...
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