The Flower Faded: A Short Memoir of Clementine Cuvier, Daughter of Baron Cuvier, with Reflections, by John Angell James |
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... honour which he owed to the eloquent Eloges he had read in the Institute ; and in the same year he was offered the ministry of the In- terior , but upon political considerations , to which he could not accede . In 1819 , he was ...
... honour which he owed to the eloquent Eloges he had read in the Institute ; and in the same year he was offered the ministry of the In- terior , but upon political considerations , to which he could not accede . In 1819 , he was ...
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... Honour . " These and other trophies of distinction which now almost overburthened him , were far from being a suitable preparation for the heavy blow which was about to strike him at the heart . His only daughter , CLEMENTINE CUVIER ...
... Honour . " These and other trophies of distinction which now almost overburthened him , were far from being a suitable preparation for the heavy blow which was about to strike him at the heart . His only daughter , CLEMENTINE CUVIER ...
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... honour , and immortality : --what ! —and all this , without deep soli- citude , intense earnestness , absorbing inter- est ? It were absurd to suppose it . No- thing can better describe or express the first stage of religious experience ...
... honour , and immortality : --what ! —and all this , without deep soli- citude , intense earnestness , absorbing inter- est ? It were absurd to suppose it . No- thing can better describe or express the first stage of religious experience ...
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... honour and hap- piness too . On these visits of mercy she is watched , not only by the smiles of ap- proving angels , but also of an approving God ; while the testimony of a good con- science , attests the deeds of her benefi- cence ...
... honour and hap- piness too . On these visits of mercy she is watched , not only by the smiles of ap- proving angels , but also of an approving God ; while the testimony of a good con- science , attests the deeds of her benefi- cence ...
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... honour , immortality , and eternal life ; and all that she has lost , or can lose , by going away early to hea- ven , is but what the child who has finished her education loses , by being removed ear- lier than usual from her school ...
... honour , immortality , and eternal life ; and all that she has lost , or can lose , by going away early to hea- ven , is but what the child who has finished her education loses , by being removed ear- lier than usual from her school ...
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