Frankenstein: or, The modern PrometheusG. and W.G. Whittaker,., 1823 |
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... perceived the necessity of becoming acquainted with more languages than that of my native country . Now I am twenty - eight , and am in reality more illiterate than many school - boys of fifteen . It is true that I have thought more ...
... perceived the necessity of becoming acquainted with more languages than that of my native country . Now I am twenty - eight , and am in reality more illiterate than many school - boys of fifteen . It is true that I have thought more ...
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... perceived a low carriage , fixed on a sledge and drawn by dogs , pass on towards the north , at the distance of half a mile a being which had the shape of a man , but apparently of gi- gantic stature , sat in the sledge , and guided the ...
... perceived a low carriage , fixed on a sledge and drawn by dogs , pass on towards the north , at the distance of half a mile a being which had the shape of a man , but apparently of gi- gantic stature , sat in the sledge , and guided the ...
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... perceive , Captain Walton , that I have suffered great and unparalleled misfortunes . I had deter- mined , once , that the memory of these evils should die with me ; but you have won me to alter my determination . You seek for knowledge ...
... perceive , Captain Walton , that I have suffered great and unparalleled misfortunes . I had deter- mined , once , that the memory of these evils should die with me ; but you have won me to alter my determination . You seek for knowledge ...
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... perceive how irrevocably it is de- termined . " He then told me , that he would com- mence his narrative the next day when I should be at leisure . This promise drew from me the warmest thanks . I have resolved every night , when I am ...
... perceive how irrevocably it is de- termined . " He then told me , that he would com- mence his narrative the next day when I should be at leisure . This promise drew from me the warmest thanks . I have resolved every night , when I am ...
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Page 88 - 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 80 - 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 86 - 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 85 - 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 220 - 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 201 - 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 62 - 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 251 - 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 50 - 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 247 - 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?