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Popish schoolmasters of every species are proscribed by those acts, and it is made felony to teach even in a private family.
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Edmund Burke
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gutenberg.orgPopish schoolmasters of every species are proscribed by those acts, and it is made felony to teach even in a private family.
Burke highlights the severe legal penalties imposed on Catholic educators, reflecting the intolerance of the time.
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