The Flower Faded: A Short Memoir of Clementine Cuvier, Daughter of Baron Cuvier, with Reflections, by John Angell James |
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... persons of your own sex . You were not born to the prospects and the hopes of CLEMENTINE Cuvier , nor like her have you been called to see their grow- ing brightness suddenly obscured by the fogs that rise from the dark valley of the ...
... persons of your own sex . You were not born to the prospects and the hopes of CLEMENTINE Cuvier , nor like her have you been called to see their grow- ing brightness suddenly obscured by the fogs that rise from the dark valley of the ...
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... persons of both sexes ; who , to the surprise of their gay companions , have uttered amidst the scenes of their sorrow , the following strange and grateful testimony : - Father , I bless thy gentle hand ; How kind was thy chastising rod ...
... persons of both sexes ; who , to the surprise of their gay companions , have uttered amidst the scenes of their sorrow , the following strange and grateful testimony : - Father , I bless thy gentle hand ; How kind was thy chastising rod ...
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... person , and the elegance of her manners , were enchased in the fine gold of an ardent yet humble piety , and encircled with all the graces of a charitable and sympathizing spirit ; and amid the universal admiration which such a ...
... person , and the elegance of her manners , were enchased in the fine gold of an ardent yet humble piety , and encircled with all the graces of a charitable and sympathizing spirit ; and amid the universal admiration which such a ...
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... person who had busi- ness to transact with him , called at an un- expected 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 ...
... person who had busi- ness to transact with him , called at an un- expected 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 ...
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... persons in their families , that she might be useful both to the aged and the young . She founded a benevolent society , composed of young females of the two Protestant com- munions ; she drew up the plan , and ob- tained the necessary ...
... persons in their families , that she might be useful both to the aged and the young . She founded a benevolent society , composed of young females of the two Protestant com- munions ; she drew up the plan , and ob- tained the necessary ...
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