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Excerpt from Fardorougha the Miser: Or the Convicts of Lisnamona
Avarice and affection which I have attempted to depict in the narrative. I knew the original well; and many readers in the county of Louth will at once recognize the little withered old man, who always wore his great coat (cothamore) about his shoulders, and kept perpetually sucking in his cheeks while engaged in conversation. It is also true that he was nearly fourteen years married before he became a father; his wife having borne.
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