Frankenstein: Or, The Modern PrometheusLackington, Hughes, Harding, Mavor, & Jones, 1818 - Horror tales, English |
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... painful to the human mind , than , after the feelings have been worked up by a quick suc- cession of events , the dead calmness of inaction and certainty which follows , and deprives the soul both of hope and fear . Justine died ; she ...
... painful to the human mind , than , after the feelings have been worked up by a quick suc- cession of events , the dead calmness of inaction and certainty which follows , and deprives the soul both of hope and fear . Justine died ; she ...
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... 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 ? No one could love ...
... 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 ? No one could love ...
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... pain invade me on all sides , I sat down and wept . " Soon a gentle light stole over the heavens , and gave me a sensation of pleasure . I started up , and beheld a radiant form rise from among the trees . I gazed with a kind of wonder ...
... pain invade me on all sides , I sat down and wept . " Soon a gentle light stole over the heavens , and gave me a sensation of pleasure . I started up , and beheld a radiant form rise from among the trees . I gazed with a kind of wonder ...
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... pain . How strange , I thought , that the same cause should produce such oppo- site effects ! I examined the materials of the fire , and to my joy found it to be composed of wood . I quickly collected some branches ; but they were wet ...
... pain . How strange , I thought , that the same cause should produce such oppo- site effects ! I examined the materials of the fire , and to my joy found it to be composed of wood . I quickly collected some branches ; but they were wet ...
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... over- powering nature : they were a mixture of pain and pleasure , such as I had never before experienced , either from hunger or cold , warmth or food ; and I withdrew from the window , unable to bear these emotions 48 FRANKENSTEIN ; or ,
... over- powering nature : they were a mixture of pain and pleasure , such as I had never before experienced , either from hunger or cold , warmth or food ; and I withdrew from the window , unable to bear these emotions 48 FRANKENSTEIN ; or ,
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abhor Agatha agony amiable appeared Arabian arranging the cottage bare trees beautiful became beheld bestowed Chamounix cheerful cold companion Constantinople conversation cottage countenance creature Cursed dæmon dark delight despair destroy discovered earth endeavoured eyes father fear feelings Felix felt fire Frankenstein friends Geneva gentle girl glaciers guitar hands happy hatred heard heart horror hovel human hunger invisible hand Italy kind knew language learned Leghorn light listen live looked mind miserable monster Mont Blanc morning mountains murder night nished nity pain panion Paradise Lost Paris passed path perceived pleasure Plutarch's Lives protectors quickly quitted rage rain reflected remain resolved rest revenge Safie scene seized sensations smiles snow sometimes sorrow sounds strange stranger sublime sunk sweet tage tears ther thought thrush tion took trees ture Turk Turkey uttered virtue voice wind wonder wood words wretch young youth