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The Hedge School; The Midnight Mass; The Donagh - Traits And Stories Of The Irish Peasantry, The Works of - William Carleton, Volume Three by William Carleton
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faces, the following advertisement; or, perhaps, Mat himself, with a
learned, consequential air, in the act of "expounding" it to them.

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Languages, begs leave to inform the Inhabitants of Findramore and' its
vicinity, that he lectures on the following branches of Education, in
his Seminary at the above-recited place:--

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rate, from Squire Johnston, Esq., who paternizes many of the pupils;
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