The Flower Faded: A Short Memoir of Clementine Cuvier, Daughter of Baron Cuvier, with Reflections, by John Angell James |
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... infinite wisdom . He seemed , as it were , by the examination of the visible world , to be led to the pre- cincts of that which is invisible , and the examination of the creature evoked the Creator . At last these words fell from him ...
... infinite wisdom . He seemed , as it were , by the examination of the visible world , to be led to the pre- cincts of that which is invisible , and the examination of the creature evoked the Creator . At last these words fell from him ...
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... a mistake " at once infinite and irreparable ; and had been guilty of an infatuation , which it will require eternity to deplore and eternity to comprehend . " MEMOIR OF CLEMENTINE CUVIER . AS CONTAINED IN THE LETTER BARON 27 CUVIER .
... a mistake " at once infinite and irreparable ; and had been guilty of an infatuation , which it will require eternity to deplore and eternity to comprehend . " MEMOIR OF CLEMENTINE CUVIER . AS CONTAINED IN THE LETTER BARON 27 CUVIER .
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... infinite object , and that Christ alone could fill the soul in which he had already excited those spiritual appetites which he has promised to supply . Even surrounded as she was by all the enjoyments and illusions of this world , she ...
... infinite object , and that Christ alone could fill the soul in which he had already excited those spiritual appetites which he has promised to supply . Even surrounded as she was by all the enjoyments and illusions of this world , she ...
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... infinite and merciful Being , who orders all things , that not a hair of the head falls without his permission , and that he will control every circumstance for my real welfare , gives me an habitual peace and tranquillity which nothing ...
... infinite and merciful Being , who orders all things , that not a hair of the head falls without his permission , and that he will control every circumstance for my real welfare , gives me an habitual peace and tranquillity which nothing ...
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... INFINITE OBJECT , AND THAT CHRIST ALONE COULD FILL THE SOUL . Even to her , the world was nothing more than a broken cistern , that could hold no water , and she thirsted , panted , and looked round for the fountain of living water ...
... INFINITE OBJECT , AND THAT CHRIST ALONE COULD FILL THE SOUL . Even to her , the world was nothing more than a broken cistern , that could hold no water , and she thirsted , panted , and looked round for the fountain of living water ...
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