The Flower Faded: A Short Memoir of Clementine Cuvier, Daughter of Baron Cuvier, with Reflections, by John Angell James |
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... vanities and the interests of systems ? Who could remain cold and insensible be- fore the last look thrown on creation by him who had revealed so many of its mys- teries ? Who could resist the feeling ex- cited by the view of science ...
... vanities and the interests of systems ? Who could remain cold and insensible be- fore the last look thrown on creation by him who had revealed so many of its mys- teries ? Who could resist the feeling ex- cited by the view of science ...
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... Vanity of vanities , all is vanity and vexation of spirit . " With such a confes- sion did the man go off the stage of exist- ence , who of all the human race was the best qualified to give an opinion upon such a sub- 55 ject . If the ...
... Vanity of vanities , all is vanity and vexation of spirit . " With such a confes- sion did the man go off the stage of exist- ence , who of all the human race was the best qualified to give an opinion upon such a sub- 55 ject . If the ...
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... vanity and vexation . And now hear the testimony of another , " by whom the world with its fashions and its follies , its principles , and its practices , has been proposed in form to Englishmen , as the proper object of their attention ...
... vanity and vexation . And now hear the testimony of another , " by whom the world with its fashions and its follies , its principles , and its practices , has been proposed in form to Englishmen , as the proper object of their attention ...
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... truth very low ; whereas those who have not experienced always over - rate them . They only see their gay outside , and are dazzled with their glare but I have been behind the : scenes . I have seen all the coarse pulleys and 56 VANITY OF.
... truth very low ; whereas those who have not experienced always over - rate them . They only see their gay outside , and are dazzled with their glare but I have been behind the : scenes . I have seen all the coarse pulleys and 56 VANITY OF.
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... vanity of the world , ever yet preached to man- kind . " * * Bishop Horne's Sermons . Such was the confession , in his old age , 58 VANITY OF.
... vanity of the world , ever yet preached to man- kind . " * * Bishop Horne's Sermons . Such was the confession , in his old age , 58 VANITY OF.
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