...chemistry and the, various improvements made by different men of learning, pronouncing with fervor the names of the most distinguished discoverers. He...unlimited powers ; they can command the thunders of the heaven, mimic the earthquake, and even mock the invisible world with its own shadows." I departed...

...miracles. 20 They penetrate into the recesses of nature, and shew how she works in her hiding places. They ascend into the heavens; they have discovered...they can command the thunders of heaven, mimic the 25 earthquake, and even mock the invisible world with its own shadows." I departed highly pleased with...

...miracles. They penetrate into the recesses of nature and show how she works in her hiding-places. . . . They have acquired new and almost unlimited powers;...even mock the invisible world with its own shadows. [P. 42] This kind of language reintegrates the imaginative act with the scientific one, reasserts the...

...project is clearly an attempt to gain power. He is inspired by Waldman's description of scientists who "have acquired new and almost unlimited powers; they can command the thunders of the heaven, mimic the earthquake, and even mock the invisible world with its own shadows" (F, p. 42)....

...performed miracles. They penetrate into the recesses of nature, and show she works in her hiding places. They ascend into the heavens: they have discovered...nature of the air we breathe. They have acquired new almost unlimited powers; they can command the thunders of heaven, mimic the earthquake, and even mock...

...miracles. They penetrate into the recesses of nature, and show how she works in her hiding places. They ascend into the heavens: they have discovered...new and almost unlimited powers; they can command die thunders of heaven, mimic the earthquake, and even mock the invisible world with its own shadows.««...

...performed miracles. They penetrate into the recesses of Nature and show how she works in her hiding places. They ascend into the heavens; they have discovered...professor's words - rather let me say such the words of the fate - enounced to destroy me. As he went on I felt as if my soul were grappling with a palpable...

...metals cannot be transmuted, and that the elixir of life is a chimera. But these philosophers . . . have acquired new and almost unlimited powers: they...earthquake, and even mock the invisible world with its own shadows.'2 Frankenstein was duly moved to achieve even more, 'treading in the steps already marked'....

...disease from the human frame, and render man invulnerable to any but a violent death." 10. Waldman says they have "discovered how the blood circulates, and the nature of the air we breathe." Suggested Essay Topics 1. Victor is deeply affected by Caroline's death. Discuss Victor's reaction...

...Mirandola's Oratio: They penetrate into the recesses of nature, and show how she works in her hiding places. They ascend into the heavens: they have discovered...even mock the invisible world with its own shadows. As for Cornelius Agrippa and his type: . . . these were men to whose indefatigable zeal modern philosophers...