The Flower Faded: A Short Memoir of Clementine Cuvier, Daughter of Baron Cuvier, with Reflections, by John Angell JamesD. Appleton & Company, 1838 - 192 pages |
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... heaven is far greater than she was here below . O , who ought to cling to this world , or should be reluctant to leave it , when such a community , gathered around the throne of God and the Lamb , beckon us DEDICATION . 9.
... heaven is far greater than she was here below . O , who ought to cling to this world , or should be reluctant to leave it , when such a community , gathered around the throne of God and the Lamb , beckon us DEDICATION . 9.
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... leaving uninjured those which form the seat of sensation ; the members affected thus became completely inert , and yet retained their sensibility . All the assistance of art , lavished upon him by men of the greatest skill , was in ...
... leaving uninjured those which form the seat of sensation ; the members affected thus became completely inert , and yet retained their sensibility . All the assistance of art , lavished upon him by men of the greatest skill , was in ...
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... leave so many persons whom I love ; but if it is the will of God , I am ready . " These words , If it be the will of God , " " As it shall please God , " were incessantly repeated by her , they were her constant answers ; and from her ...
... leave so many persons whom I love ; but if it is the will of God , I am ready . " These words , If it be the will of God , " " As it shall please God , " were incessantly repeated by her , they were her constant answers ; and from her ...
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... leaves me , I feel his absence in a moment ; you know , " said she , appealing to her sister , * " that I was never naturally resigned . " " If God grants you patience , " said a visitor , " he sees that you merit his favour . " " Hush ...
... leaves me , I feel his absence in a moment ; you know , " said she , appealing to her sister , * " that I was never naturally resigned . " " If God grants you patience , " said a visitor , " he sees that you merit his favour . " " Hush ...
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... leave her nothing more to wish for ? No. Her memorialist tells us , that rounded as she was by all the enjoyments and illusions of this world , she was only happy as she was conversant with the spiritual and substantial blessings of the ...
... leave her nothing more to wish for ? No. Her memorialist tells us , that rounded as she was by all the enjoyments and illusions of this world , she was only happy as she was conversant with the spiritual and substantial blessings of the ...
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