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Sir Patrick Rackrent lived and died a monument of old Irish hospitality.

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Maria Edgeworth
Age: 81 †
Born: 1768
Born: January 1
Died: 1849
Died: May 22
Essayist
Novelist
Writer
Oxon.
Eliza Edgeworth
Patrick
Hospitality
Monument
Irish
Died
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