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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... tomb - stone which covered the remains of his daughter . His funeral obsequies were attended by men of all ranks and opi- nions , who even in the midst of a raging pestilence ( the cholera ) were eager to offer on BARON CUVIER . 25.
... tomb - stone which covered the remains of his daughter . His funeral obsequies were attended by men of all ranks and opi- nions , who even in the midst of a raging pestilence ( the cholera ) were eager to offer on BARON CUVIER . 25.
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... tomb their last tribute of affection and admiration . " Affecting exclamation ! So many things remain to be done ! And they were of course left undone . The stern messenger of heaven had received his commission to arrest the philosopher ...
... tomb their last tribute of affection and admiration . " Affecting exclamation ! So many things remain to be done ! And they were of course left undone . The stern messenger of heaven had received his commission to arrest the philosopher ...
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... tomb , and illumines the dark valley of the shadow of death with the brightness of a hope full of immortality . Look into the dying chamber of Clementine Cuvier ; see that lovely young creature , when every thing tended to make death ...
... tomb , and illumines the dark valley of the shadow of death with the brightness of a hope full of immortality . Look into the dying chamber of Clementine Cuvier ; see that lovely young creature , when every thing tended to make death ...
Page 138
... tomb and explores the world beyond , with the steady , assured , and expected gaze , with which the other looks upon the fields of light and glory , the promised land that lies beyond the swelling flood . THIRDLY , I now present to you ...
... tomb and explores the world beyond , with the steady , assured , and expected gaze , with which the other looks upon the fields of light and glory , the promised land that lies beyond the swelling flood . THIRDLY , I now present to you ...
Page 139
... your days are numbered , and may not reach far beyond , perhaps not so far as those of Clementine Cuvier . You may be travelling , not to the altar , but to the tomb ; . and your eye may have seen the spot , RELIGION . 139.
... your days are numbered , and may not reach far beyond , perhaps not so far as those of Clementine Cuvier . You may be travelling , not to the altar , but to the tomb ; . and your eye may have seen the spot , RELIGION . 139.
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