The Flower Faded: A Short Memoir of Clementine Cuvier, Daughter of Baron Cuvier, with Reflections, by John Angell James |
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... interests of systems ? Who could remain cold and insensible be- fore the last look thrown on creation by him who had revealed so many of its mys- teries ? Who could resist the feeling ex- cited by the view of science revealing eter nal ...
... interests of systems ? Who could remain cold and insensible be- fore the last look thrown on creation by him who had revealed so many of its mys- teries ? Who could resist the feeling ex- cited by the view of science revealing eter nal ...
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... interest which he excited . I love to believe it , ' he replied ; ' I have long endeavoured to render myself worthy of it . ' " It will be seen that his last thoughts were toward the future , and aspiring after glory - a noble desire of ...
... interest which he excited . I love to believe it , ' he replied ; ' I have long endeavoured to render myself worthy of it . ' " It will be seen that his last thoughts were toward the future , and aspiring after glory - a noble desire of ...
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... interest in their suc- cess , but a Christian and spiritual attach- ment to the sacred cause they were in- tended to advance . During several years preceding her more decided profession of faith in the doctrines of the Gospel , it was ...
... interest in their suc- cess , but a Christian and spiritual attach- ment to the sacred cause they were in- tended to advance . During several years preceding her more decided profession of faith in the doctrines of the Gospel , it was ...
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... interest and solemnity , unprece- dented in this city . Her remains were first carried to the Lutheran Church , where a prayer was offered up amidst the tears and sobs of multitudes , and then deposited in the Cemetery of Père la Chaise ...
... interest and solemnity , unprece- dented in this city . Her remains were first carried to the Lutheran Church , where a prayer was offered up amidst the tears and sobs of multitudes , and then deposited in the Cemetery of Père la Chaise ...
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... interest of all who knew her ; think of the respect and attachment of the humane and religious , whose schemes she supported , and whose institutions she patronised ; add to this the gratitude she perpetually received from the persons ...
... interest of all who knew her ; think of the respect and attachment of the humane and religious , whose schemes she supported , and whose institutions she patronised ; add to this the gratitude she perpetually received from the persons ...
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