Frankenstein: Or, The Modern PrometheusLackington, Hughes, Harding, Mavor, & Jones, 1818 - Horror tales, English |
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... father observed with pain the alte- ration perceptible in my disposition and habits , and endeavoured to reason with me on the folly of giving way to immo- derate grief . " Do you think , Victor , " said he , " that I do not suffer also ...
... father observed with pain the alte- ration perceptible in my disposition and habits , and endeavoured to reason with me on the folly of giving way to immo- derate grief . " Do you think , Victor , " said he , " that I do not suffer also ...
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... father with a look of despair , and en- deavour to hide myself from his view . About this time we retired to our house at Belrive . This change was particularly agreeable to me . The shutting of the gates regularly at ten o'clock , and ...
... father with a look of despair , and en- deavour to hide myself from his view . About this time we retired to our house at Belrive . This change was particularly agreeable to me . The shutting of the gates regularly at ten o'clock , and ...
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... father , and surviving brother : should I by my base desertion leave them exposed and unprotected to the malice of the fiend whom I had let loose among them ? At these moments I wept bitterly , and wished that peace would revisit my ...
... father , and surviving brother : should I by my base desertion leave them exposed and unprotected to the malice of the fiend whom I had let loose among them ? At these moments I wept bitterly , and wished that peace would revisit my ...
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... father's health was deeply shaken by the horror of the recent events . Elizabeth was sad and despond- ing ; she no longer took delight in her or- dinary occupations ; all pleasure seemed to her sacrilege toward the dead ; eter- nal woe ...
... father's health was deeply shaken by the horror of the recent events . Elizabeth was sad and despond- ing ; she no longer took delight in her or- dinary occupations ; all pleasure seemed to her sacrilege toward the dead ; eter- nal woe ...
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... father , who saw in the unhappiness that was painted in my face only an exaggeration of that sorrow which I might naturally feel , thought that an amusement suited to my taste would be the best means of restoring to me my wonted ...
... father , who saw in the unhappiness that was painted in my face only an exaggeration of that sorrow which I might naturally feel , thought that an amusement suited to my taste would be the best means of restoring to me my wonted ...
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