wadding

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Wadding up that old deal marked the first step toward a better one.

From Washington Times • May 15, 2019

This, therefore, is the letter given by Wadding xiii., but without address or salutation.

From Life of St. Francis of Assisi by Houghton, Louise Seymour

Bacon's enemies accused him of being an atheist, but in his last hours he called in Mr. Wadding to prepare his mind for death.

From Bacon's Rebellion, 1676 by Wertenbaker, Thomas Jefferson

The banished ecclesiastics formed at every court a most efficient diplomatic corps, the chief of these intriguers being the celebrated Luke Wadding.

From The Land-War In Ireland (1870) A History For The Times by Godkin, James

Luke Wadding, founder and head of the college, was one of the most extraordinary men of his time for his prodigious erudition, the greatest school-man of that age, and an unchanging and impassioned patriot.

From Irish Nationality by Green, Alice Stopford