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I stopped one of that kind at the corner of Baxter and Grand Streets one day to catechise him.

From The Children of the Poor by Riis, Jacob A. (Jacob August)

We set half a dozen factory inspectors to canvass more than twice as many thousand workshops and to catechise the children they find there.

From The Children of the Poor by Riis, Jacob A. (Jacob August)

What are you trying to do, catechise me?

From Astounding Stories of Super-Science February 1930 by Bates, Harry

I have put these symptoms down in my pocket-book; and shall proceed to catechise you according to your own method.

From Bibliomania; or Book-Madness A Bibliographical Romance by Dibdin, Thomas Frognall

Happening to encounter Mrs. Carmichael in the shops one day, that lady invited her to drive home in her carriage, where she proceeded to catechise her with tongue and lorgnon.

From Why Joan? by Kelly, Eleanor Mercein

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