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- ↑ George Anselm Touchet
- ↑ Thompson Cooper, ‘Touchet, George (d. before 1689?)’, rev. Dom Aidan Bellenger, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography , Oxford University Press, 2004, accessed 10 Jan 2009
- ↑ Michael Mullett, in his introduction to fascimile extracts from Historical collections, claims The Secret Paths of Divine Love was published by the Ascetical Society in 1858. Mullett, ed., English Catholicism 1680-1830. Volume I. English Catholic Writings on Religious Controversies 1685-1736, 2006, pp. 217-8
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