The Flower Faded: A Short Memoir of Clementine Cuvier, Daughter of Baron Cuvier, with Reflections, by John Angell James |
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... young persons of your own sex . You were not born to the prospects and the hopes of CLEMENTINE Cuvier , nor like her have you been called to see their grow- ing brightness suddenly obscured by the fogs that rise from the dark valley of ...
... young persons of your own sex . You were not born to the prospects and the hopes of CLEMENTINE Cuvier , nor like her have you been called to see their grow- ing brightness suddenly obscured by the fogs that rise from the dark valley of ...
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... young persons of both sexes ; who , to the surprise of their gay companions , have uttered amidst the scenes of their sorrow , the following strange and grateful testimony : - Father , I bless thy gentle hand ; How kind was thy ...
... young persons of both sexes ; who , to the surprise of their gay companions , have uttered amidst the scenes of their sorrow , the following strange and grateful testimony : - Father , I bless thy gentle hand ; How kind was thy ...
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... young know it . But , alas ! they do not consider this , and instead of remembering their Creator in the days of their youth , they put off the consideration of piety to the uncertain hereafter . Their temptations I admit , are many ...
... young know it . But , alas ! they do not consider this , and instead of remembering their Creator in the days of their youth , they put off the consideration of piety to the uncertain hereafter . Their temptations I admit , are many ...
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... young she preferred study to play , and always evinced a desire for improve- ment , which triumphed over all that is re- pulsive in serious occupations to the ardour and gaiety of youth . When only thirteen years of age , she ...
... young she preferred study to play , and always evinced a desire for improve- ment , which triumphed over all that is re- pulsive in serious occupations to the ardour and gaiety of youth . When only thirteen years of age , she ...
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... young - she took her place in all the religious institutions which had been formed in the last few years , in this city , and manifested not merely a benevolent interest in their suc- cess , but a Christian and spiritual attach- ment to ...
... young - she took her place in all the religious institutions which had been formed in the last few years , in this city , and manifested not merely a benevolent interest in their suc- cess , but a Christian and spiritual attach- ment to ...
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