The Flower Faded: A Short Memoir of Clementine Cuvier, Daughter of Baron Cuvier, with Reflections, by John Angell James |
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... 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 but merciful hand of a chastising God , and have not only made it their ...
... 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 but merciful hand of a chastising God , and have not only made it their ...
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... turn to speak , and sum up all that had passed , his firmness abandoned him , and his first words were interrupted by tears . The great legislator gave way to the bereaved father ; he bowed his head , covered his face with his hands ...
... turn to speak , and sum up all that had passed , his firmness abandoned him , and his first words were interrupted by tears . The great legislator gave way to the bereaved father ; he bowed his head , covered his face with his hands ...
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... turning a deaf ear therefore to the wishes of Cuvier for a respite , seconded though they were by those of the whole scientific world , he carried off his illustrious victim to the tomb . O what a comment upon the words of the wisest of ...
... turning a deaf ear therefore to the wishes of Cuvier for a respite , seconded though they were by those of the whole scientific world , he carried off his illustrious victim to the tomb . O what a comment upon the words of the wisest of ...
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... turn to the bereaved father , we see him standing on the very pinnacle of human glory , yet suddenly followed and wrapt , even there , with a cloud so dark and dense as to render nothing visible to him but the gloomy shadow that had ...
... turn to the bereaved father , we see him standing on the very pinnacle of human glory , yet suddenly followed and wrapt , even there , with a cloud so dark and dense as to render nothing visible to him but the gloomy shadow that had ...
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... Turn then for happiness from the world to religion , this is both satisfying and certain . Nothing can rob you of its privi- leges ; they are vast as the capacity of your soul , and lasting as your eternal ex- istence . Hear the ...
... Turn then for happiness from the world to religion , this is both satisfying and certain . Nothing can rob you of its privi- leges ; they are vast as the capacity of your soul , and lasting as your eternal ex- istence . Hear the ...
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