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| Goanetters annual meet in Goa is scheduled for Dec 27, 2005 @ 4pm |
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|The Riviera Opposite Hotel Mandovi, Panjim (near Ferry Jetty/Riverfront)|
| Attending.......drop a line to [EMAIL PROTECTED] |
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Re: Dr. Jose Pereiras and Mr. Jorge Noronhas comments on the Abbe Faria
Cator Re Baji episode.
I have a small comment to offer for what it is worth on the above subject.
Its evident from the 2-page long address to Most Faithful Kings
(translated and reprinted as document 50 in Cunha Rivaras Goa and the
Revolt of 1787 )just below his dedication of his thesis that Faria thought
he owed everything he had achieved to his Sovereign and may have considered
his homily in the queens chapel a test of his worthiness. So, I think,
irrespective of his fluency in Portuguese it would not be unnatural to
feeling intimidated and tongue-tied at the thought of being judged below the
queens standards. Such a situation did not arise in his oration before the
pope, whether delivered in 1775 or 1780.
Luis S. R. Vas
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| Goa - 2005 Santosh Trophy Champions |
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| Support Soccer Activities at the grassroots in our villages |
| Vacationing in Goa this year-end - Carry and distribute Soccer Balls |
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