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Page 58
My father expressed a wish that I should attend a course of lectures upon natural
philosophy, to which I cheer, fully consented. Some accident prevented my
attending these lectures until the course was nearly finished. The lecture being ...
My father expressed a wish that I should attend a course of lectures upon natural
philosophy, to which I cheer, fully consented. Some accident prevented my
attending these lectures until the course was nearly finished. The lecture being ...
Page 69
The next morning I delivered my letters of introduction, and paid a visit to some of
the principal professors, and among others to M. Krempe, professor of natural
philosophy. He received me with politeness, and asked me several questions ...
The next morning I delivered my letters of introduction, and paid a visit to some of
the principal professors, and among others to M. Krempe, professor of natural
philosophy. He received me with politeness, and asked me several questions ...
Page 70
My dear Sir, you must begin your studies entirely anew." So saying, he stept
aside, and wrote down a list of several books treating of natural philosophy,
which he desired me to procure, and dismissed me, after mentioning that in the
beginning ...
My dear Sir, you must begin your studies entirely anew." So saying, he stept
aside, and wrote down a list of several books treating of natural philosophy,
which he desired me to procure, and dismissed me, after mentioning that in the
beginning ...
Page 76
Chemistry is that branch of natural philosophy in which the greatest
improvements have been and may be made: it is on that account that I have
made it my peculiar study; but at the same time I have not neglected the other
branches of science ...
Chemistry is that branch of natural philosophy in which the greatest
improvements have been and may be made: it is on that account that I have
made it my peculiar study; but at the same time I have not neglected the other
branches of science ...
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I revolved these circumstances in my mind, and determined thenceforth to apply
myself more particularly to those branches of natural philosophy which relate to
physiology. Unless I had been animated by an almost supernatural enthusiasm, ...
I revolved these circumstances in my mind, and determined thenceforth to apply
myself more particularly to those branches of natural philosophy which relate to
physiology. Unless I had been animated by an almost supernatural enthusiasm, ...
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Page 90 - I thought I saw Elizabeth, in the bloom of health, walking in the streets of Ingolstadt. Delighted and surprised, I F2 embraced her ; but as I imprinted the first kiss on her lips, they became livid with the hue of death ; her features appeared to change, and I thought that I held the corpse of my dead mother in my arms ; a shroud enveloped her form, and I saw the grave-worms crawling in the folds of the flannel.
Page 82 - What then I was. The sounding cataract Haunted me like a passion : the tall rock, The mountain, and the deep and gloomy wood, Their colours and their forms, were then to me An appetite; a feeling and a love, That had no need of a remoter charm, By thought supplied, nor any interest Unborrowed from the eye.
Page 88 - I saw the dull yellow eye of the creature open ; it breathed hard, and a convulsive motion agitated its limbs. How can I describe my emotions at this catastrophe, or how delineate the wretch whom, with such infinite pains and care, I had endeavoured to form?
Page 87 - IT was on a dreary night of November, that I beheld the accomplishment of my toils. With an anxiety that almost amounted to agony, I collected the instruments of life around me, that I might infuse a spark of being into the lifeless thing that lay at my feet.
Page 222 - My imagination was vivid, yet my powers of analysis and application were intense ; by the union of these qualities I conceived the idea, and executed the creation of a man.
Page 203 - It is with considerable difficulty that I remember the original era of my being: all the events of that period appear confused and indistinct. A strange multiplicity of sensations seized me, and I saw, felt, heard, and smelt, at the same time; and it was, indeed, a long time before I learned to distinguish between the operations of my various senses.
Page 64 - But these philosophers, whose hands seem only made to dabble in dirt, and their eyes to pore over the microscope or crucible, have indeed performed miracles. They penetrate into the recesses of nature and show how she works in her hiding-places.
Page 253 - I shall die, and what I now feel be no longer felt. Soon these burning miseries will be extinct. I shall ascend my funeral pile triumphantly, and exult in the agony of the torturing flames.
Page 52 - my firmest hopes of future happiness were placed on the prospect of your union. This expectation will now be the consolation of your father. Elizabeth, my love, you must supply...
Page 249 - Am I to be thought the only criminal, when all human kind sinned against me? Why do you not hate Felix, who drove his friend from his door with contumely? Why do you not execrate the rustic who sought to destroy the saviour of his child?
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| Title | Frankenstein: or, The modern Prometheus Frankenstein: or, The modern Prometheus, Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley |
| Author | Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley |
| Publisher | G. and W.G. Whittaker,., 1823 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 17 Jul 2006 |
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