The Flower Faded: A Short Memoir of Clementine Cuvier, Daughter of Baron Cuvier, with Reflections, by John Angell James |
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... 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 wisdom ? How noble , how affecting , and how prophetic ! So soon to appear ...
... 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 wisdom ? How noble , how affecting , and how prophetic ! So soon to appear ...
Page 44
... To another friend she said , " Pray for me , for I can no longer pray for myself . " The accent and the look which accompanied these words were , however , a " It is God that most powerful prayer . supports 44 MEMOIR OF.
... To another friend she said , " Pray for me , for I can no longer pray for myself . " The accent and the look which accompanied these words were , however , a " It is God that most powerful prayer . supports 44 MEMOIR OF.
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... look upon all that has passed , as one of those roman- tic dreams which opium commonly occa- sions ; and I by no means desire to repeat the nauseous dose for the sake of the fugitive dream . Shall I tell you that I bear this melancholy ...
... look upon all that has passed , as one of those roman- tic dreams which opium commonly occa- sions ; and I by no means desire to repeat the nauseous dose for the sake of the fugitive dream . Shall I tell you that I bear this melancholy ...
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... look now at the EFFECTS and CON- SEQUENCES of religion as they appeared in Clementine . Trace them in her usefulness . See her like her divine Saviour , ever going about to do good , greeted wherever she went by the smiles of gratitude ...
... look now at the EFFECTS and CON- SEQUENCES of religion as they appeared in Clementine . Trace them in her usefulness . See her like her divine Saviour , ever going about to do good , greeted wherever she went by the smiles of gratitude ...
Page 124
... Look before you . Consider your destiny . Be this your pur- pose , to " seek FIRST the kingdom of right- eousness : " —and be this your prayer , " Teach me , O Lord , the way of thy sta- tutes : make me to go in the path of thy ...
... Look before you . Consider your destiny . Be this your pur- pose , to " seek FIRST the kingdom of right- eousness : " —and be this your prayer , " Teach me , O Lord , the way of thy sta- tutes : make me to go in the path of thy ...
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