The Flower Faded: A Short Memoir of Clementine Cuvier, Daughter of Baron Cuvier, with Reflections, by John Angell James |
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... amidst the scenes of their sorrow , the following strange and grateful testimony : - Father , I bless thy gentle hand ; How kind was thy chastising rod , That forced my conscience to a stand , And brought my wand'ring soul to God ...
... amidst the scenes of their sorrow , the following strange and grateful testimony : - Father , I bless thy gentle hand ; How kind was thy chastising rod , That forced my conscience to a stand , And brought my wand'ring soul to God ...
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... a prayer was offered up amidst the tears and sobs of multitudes , and then deposited in the Cemetery of Père la Chaise , where a discourse was delivered by one of the Pas- tors , and another by M. Satrandi , a literary 52 MEMOIR OF.
... a prayer was offered up amidst the tears and sobs of multitudes , and then deposited in the Cemetery of Père la Chaise , where a discourse was delivered by one of the Pas- tors , and another by M. Satrandi , a literary 52 MEMOIR OF.
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... amidst the applause of all the rarest mind on earth at the time . Yet she found the world a broken cistern , and turned at last to religion as the only foun- tain that could satisfy the cravings after happiness which are felt alike by ...
... amidst the applause of all the rarest mind on earth at the time . Yet she found the world a broken cistern , and turned at last to religion as the only foun- tain that could satisfy the cravings after happiness which are felt alike by ...
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... amidst all she had , or hoped for , till she complied with this invitation , till she opened her heart to the enjoyment of reli- gion ; and then she found rest and peace for her spirit , and hungered and thirsted no more . But her short ...
... amidst all she had , or hoped for , till she complied with this invitation , till she opened her heart to the enjoyment of reli- gion ; and then she found rest and peace for her spirit , and hungered and thirsted no more . But her short ...
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... , the sharer and ornament of his home , the mother and instructer of his children , the comfort and counsellor of his spirit , amidst the sorrows and difficulties of his earthly pilgrimage ; whose seraphic piety was to aid 688 VANITY OF.
... , the sharer and ornament of his home , the mother and instructer of his children , the comfort and counsellor of his spirit , amidst the sorrows and difficulties of his earthly pilgrimage ; whose seraphic piety was to aid 688 VANITY OF.
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