 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...  Frankenstein: or, The modern Prometheus - Page 86by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley - 1823Full view - About this book
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...it breathed hard, and :i convulsive motion agitated its limbs. ' How can I describe my emotions sit this catastrophe, or how delineate the wretch whom...selected his features as beautiful. Beautiful ! — Great G — ! His yellow skin scarcely covered the work of muscles and arteries beneath; his hair was of... | |
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...glimmer of the half-extinguished light, I saw the dull yellow eye of the creature open; it breathed hard, and a convulsive motion agitated its limbs....or how delineate the wretch whom with such infinite [tains and care I had endeavoured to form ? His limbs were in proportion, and I had selected his features... | |
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...glimmer of the luilf-extinguished light, I s.iw the dull yellow cye of the creature open; it breathed hard, and a convulsive motion agitated its limbs....delineate the wretch whom with such infinite pains and cure 1 had endeavoured to form ? His limbs were in proportion, and 1 had selected his features as beautiful... | |
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...catastrophe, or how delineate the wretch whom with such infinite pains and care I had endeavoured to form .i His limbs were in proportion, and I had selected his...God ! His yellow skin scarcely covered the work of mnscles and arteries beneath ; his hair was of a lustrous black, and flowing ; his teeth of a pearly... | |
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...glimmer of the half-extinguished light, I saw the dull yellow eye of the creature open ; it breathed hard, and a convulsive motion agitated its limbs....emotions at this catastrophe, or how delineate the wretcb whom with such infinite pains and care I had endeavoured to form ? His limbs were in proportion,... | |
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...glimmer of the half-extinguished light, I saw the dull yellow eye of the creature open ; it breathed hard, and a convulsive motion agitated its limbs....wretch whom, with such infinite pains and care, I had endeavored to form? His limbs were in proportion, and I had selected his features as beautiful. Beautiful!... | |
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