The Flower Faded: A Short Memoir of Clementine Cuvier, Daughter of Baron Cuvier, with Reflections, by John Angell James |
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... scenes by which she was surrounded , and the bright prospects which expanded before her . Although I dedicate this book in an especial manner to you , I design it of course , for general circulation , and for that reason , have adopted ...
... scenes by which she was surrounded , and the bright prospects which expanded before her . Although I dedicate this book in an especial manner to you , I design it of course , for general circulation , and for that reason , have adopted ...
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... scenes of their sorrow , the following strange and grateful testimony : - Father , I bless thy gentle hand ; How kind was thy chastising rod , That forced my conscience to a stand , And brought my wand'ring soul to God ! Foolish and ...
... scenes of their sorrow , the following strange and grateful testimony : - Father , I bless thy gentle hand ; How kind was thy chastising rod , That forced my conscience to a stand , And brought my wand'ring soul to God ! Foolish and ...
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... scene is covered with " living green , " and adorned with blossoms of hope . Every thing has the freshness and charm of novelty . They roam onwards , pleased with the present , and still more at- tracted by the dim visions of the future ...
... scene is covered with " living green , " and adorned with blossoms of hope . Every thing has the freshness and charm of novelty . They roam onwards , pleased with the present , and still more at- tracted by the dim visions of the future ...
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... scene by affliction , that in the bitterness of disappointment they may turn from the vain shadows of the world , to the substantial realities of religion . How many have been plucked from the vortex of earthly pleasure , by the severe ...
... scene by affliction , that in the bitterness of disappointment they may turn from the vain shadows of the world , to the substantial realities of religion . How many have been plucked from the vortex of earthly pleasure , by the severe ...
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... far off had no right to deny himself . But I advance to the closing scene , which in all probability was accelerated by the withering influence of secret grief for Clementine's death , which , though di- verted by BARON CUVIER . 19.
... far off had no right to deny himself . But I advance to the closing scene , which in all probability was accelerated by the withering influence of secret grief for Clementine's death , which , though di- verted by BARON CUVIER . 19.
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