The Flower Faded: A Short Memoir of Clementine Cuvier, Daughter of Baron Cuvier, with Reflections, by John Angell James |
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Page 19
... hour , he never sent him away , saying that one who lived so far off had no right to deny himself . But I advance to the closing scene , which in all probability was accelerated by the withering influence of secret grief for ...
... hour , he never sent him away , saying that one who lived so far off had no right to deny himself . But I advance to the closing scene , which in all probability was accelerated by the withering influence of secret grief for ...
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... hours before his death , I was in that memorable cabinet , where the happiest hours of his life had been spent , and where I had seen him surrounded with so much homage , enjoying his well - merited success ; he caused him- self to be ...
... hours before his death , I was in that memorable cabinet , where the happiest hours of his life had been spent , and where I had seen him surrounded with so much homage , enjoying his well - merited success ; he caused him- self to be ...
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... hour in the week , each in her own retirement , but all at the same time , to pray for the conversion of their re- latives . Clementine was one of this little praying band , and most conscientiously kept the sacred appointment : and we ...
... hour in the week , each in her own retirement , but all at the same time , to pray for the conversion of their re- latives . Clementine was one of this little praying band , and most conscientiously kept the sacred appointment : and we ...
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... hour of her intercession with God for their salvation . The cry of " My father , my father , " was in fact the audible expres- sion of her wrestling with God for the con- version of the Baron : her feelings had become too CLEMENTINE ...
... hour of her intercession with God for their salvation . The cry of " My father , my father , " was in fact the audible expres- sion of her wrestling with God for the con- version of the Baron : her feelings had become too CLEMENTINE ...
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... hour consecrated to prayer for her beloved fa- ther , not her own great sufferings and ap- proaching death , and strong in death , the sacred feelings of a pious child , lived and triumphed in her breast . [ The last hours ( September ...
... hour consecrated to prayer for her beloved fa- ther , not her own great sufferings and ap- proaching death , and strong in death , the sacred feelings of a pious child , lived and triumphed in her breast . [ The last hours ( September ...
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