The Flower Faded: A Short Memoir of Clementine Cuvier, Daughter of Baron Cuvier, with Reflections, by John Angell James |
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... for that society , and then will you confess that you have not had one too many . That this may be the case , is the prayer of Your affectionate J. A. J. MEMOIR OF BARON CUVIER . BARON CUVIER , the father 10 DEDICATION .
... for that society , and then will you confess that you have not had one too many . That this may be the case , is the prayer of Your affectionate J. A. J. MEMOIR OF BARON CUVIER . BARON CUVIER , the father 10 DEDICATION .
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... affection and admiration . " Affecting exclamation ! So many things remain to be done ! And they were of course left undone . The stern messenger of heaven had received his commission to arrest the philosopher , and was allowed no ...
... affection and admiration . " Affecting exclamation ! So many things remain to be done ! And they were of course left undone . The stern messenger of heaven had received his commission to arrest the philosopher , and was allowed no ...
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... affection ; and on one occasion , when , after a violent attack , she had expressed her desire to de- part , the tears of her sister and her parents so overcome her , that she reproached her- self for such a wish , and exclaimed , " O ...
... affection ; and on one occasion , when , after a violent attack , she had expressed her desire to de- part , the tears of her sister and her parents so overcome her , that she reproached her- self for such a wish , and exclaimed , " O ...
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... affection ; and hav- ing requested him to place his head before her , she laid on it her hand , and said— ' Lord bless us both ! -Lord , restore me , that I may love thee more ; but if thou hast otherwise decided , thy holy will be done ...
... affection ; and hav- ing requested him to place his head before her , she laid on it her hand , and said— ' Lord bless us both ! -Lord , restore me , that I may love thee more ; but if thou hast otherwise decided , thy holy will be done ...
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... affection can aspire . " What a confession from one whom the greatest mon- archs of Europe either feared or courted , and who lived amidst the applause of all the rarest mind on earth at the time . Yet she found the world a broken ...
... affection can aspire . " What a confession from one whom the greatest mon- archs of Europe either feared or courted , and who lived amidst the applause of all the rarest mind on earth at the time . Yet she found the world a broken ...
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