The Flower Faded: A Short Memoir of Clementine Cuvier, Daughter of Baron Cuvier, with Reflections, by John Angell James |
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... received the decoration of Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour . " These and other trophies of distinction which now almost overburthened him , were far from being a suitable preparation for the heavy blow which was about to strike ...
... received the decoration of Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour . " These and other trophies of distinction which now almost overburthened him , were far from being a suitable preparation for the heavy blow which was about to strike ...
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... received every Saturday the men of science of Paris , and all others who visited that Capital from any part of the world . Professors and pupils met in his rooms to listen with in- struction and delight to his conversation , for he was ...
... received every Saturday the men of science of Paris , and all others who visited that Capital from any part of the world . Professors and pupils met in his rooms to listen with in- struction and delight to his conversation , for he was ...
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... received his commission to arrest the philosopher , and was allowed no discretion in executing it ; turning a deaf ear therefore to the wishes of Cuvier for a respite , seconded though they were by those of the whole scientific world ...
... received his commission to arrest the philosopher , and was allowed no discretion in executing it ; turning a deaf ear therefore to the wishes of Cuvier for a respite , seconded though they were by those of the whole scientific world ...
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... received them from the Archives du Christianisme , a French periodical , devoted to the cause of Evan- gelical Religion , and to which the account of Cle- mentine was no doubt furnished by the same hand that sent it to the Evangelical ...
... received them from the Archives du Christianisme , a French periodical , devoted to the cause of Evan- gelical Religion , and to which the account of Cle- mentine was no doubt furnished by the same hand that sent it to the Evangelical ...
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... she patronised ; add to this the gratitude she perpetually received from the persons whose wants she had relieved ; and to crown all , think of the attachment of her lover , " and the prospect of her marriage , and you THE WORLD . 63.
... she patronised ; add to this the gratitude she perpetually received from the persons whose wants she had relieved ; and to crown all , think of the attachment of her lover , " and the prospect of her marriage , and you THE WORLD . 63.
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