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Page 123
... opened before me a wide field for wonder and delight . " The book from which Felix instructed Safie was Volney's Ruins of Empires . I should not have understood the purport of this book , had not Felix , in reading it , given very ...
... opened before me a wide field for wonder and delight . " The book from which Felix instructed Safie was Volney's Ruins of Empires . I should not have understood the purport of this book , had not Felix , in reading it , given very ...
Page 178
... opened , and the wretch whom I dreaded appeared . Shutting the door , he approached me , and said , in a smothered voice- ( ( You have destroyed the work which you began ; what is it that you intend ? Do you dare to break your promise ...
... opened , and the wretch whom I dreaded appeared . Shutting the door , he approached me , and said , in a smothered voice- ( ( You have destroyed the work which you began ; what is it that you intend ? Do you dare to break your promise ...
Page 242
... opened upon me , when I felt the cheering warmth of summer , and heard the rustling of the leaves and the warbling of the birds , and these were all to me , I should have wept to die ; now it is my only consolation . Polluted by crimes ...
... opened upon me , when I felt the cheering warmth of summer , and heard the rustling of the leaves and the warbling of the birds , and these were all to me , I should have wept to die ; now it is my only consolation . Polluted by crimes ...
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A. D. Lindsay affection Agatha agony anguish appeared arrived beautiful became beheld beloved bestow Clerval companion consolation cottage countenance creature dæmon dared dark dear death delight desire despair destroyed discovered dream Edited Elizabeth endeavoured endured entered Ernest Rhys Essays eyes father fear feelings Felix felt Frankenstein G. A. Aitken G. D. H. Cole Geneva gentle George Saintsbury Gerald Bullett grief happiness heard heart heavens Henry hope horror human idea imagination Ingolstadt innocent Intro Introduction by Prof Irish R.M. John Warrington journey Justine kind labours lake letter live looked Mary Shelley mind miserable misfortunes monster mountains murderer natural philosophy nature never night Nikolay Andreyev passed passion peace perceived pleasure POEMS possessed reflect remained Safie scene sensations smiles sometimes soon sorrow soul spirit story strange suffered tale tears thought tion Translated Victor voice vols wind wonder wood words wretched