The Metropolitan : a monthly magazine, devoted to religion, education, literature, and general information . lics, were desirous of having their children educated in the faith, as well asin the higher science, transferred the sphere of his operations to Dublin. Formany years subsequently, the Doctor had conducted a seminary at Seapoint, nearBlackrock, which for eminence and respectability, w^as not exceeded by any in thecountry. During all this time. Dr. Cahill was known as a preacher of singular force andclearness, and of great yet simple eloquence—characteristics which his scientificacquirem
The Metropolitan : a monthly magazine, devoted to religion, education, literature, and general information . lics, were desirous of having their children educated in the faith, as well asin the higher science, transferred the sphere of his operations to Dublin. Formany years subsequently, the Doctor had conducted a seminary at Seapoint, nearBlackrock, which for eminence and respectability, w^as not exceeded by any in thecountry. During all this time. Dr. Cahill was known as a preacher of singular force andclearness, and of great yet simple eloquence—characteristics which his scientificacquirements, and knowledge of ancient and modern classics, qualified him largelyto put forth. He Avas consequently invited to preach in many and distant por-tions of the kingdom of Ireland and in England, upon important occasions. Atwhatever inconvenience to himself, he never refused those invitations. In themeantime his pen has been engaged in an able series of letters on political sub-jects, showing the injustice of England to the people of Ireland, and the treacheryof her policy Avith foreign HASSAN ABDALLAH; or, THE ENCHANTED KEYS. I AM the only son of one of the richest inhabitants of Egypt. My father, whowas a man of extensive knowledge, employed my youth in the study of science;and at twenty years of age I was already honorably mentioned among the ulemas,when my father hestowed a young maiden on me as ray wife, with eyes brilliantas the stars, and with a form elegant and light as that of the gazelle. My nuptialswere magnificent, and my days flowed on in peace and happiness. I lived thusfor ten years, when at last this beautiful dream vanished. It pleased Heaven toafflict me with every kind of misfortune: the plague deprived me of my father;war destroyed my dear brothers; my iiouse fell a prey to the flames; my richly-laden ships were buried beneath the Avaves. Reduced to misery and want, myonly resource was in the mercy of God and the compassion of the faithful
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