Frankenstein: Or, The Modern PrometheusLackington, Hughes, Harding, Mavor, & Jones, 1818 - Horror tales, English |
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... rest of the family had retired for the night , I took the boat , and passed many hours upon the water . Sometimes , with my sails set , I was car- ried by the wind ; and sometimes , after rowing into the middle of the lake , I left the ...
... rest of the family had retired for the night , I took the boat , and passed many hours upon the water . Sometimes , with my sails set , I was car- ried by the wind ; and sometimes , after rowing into the middle of the lake , I left the ...
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... rest ; a dream has power to poison sleep . We rise ; one wand'ring thought pollutes the day . We feel , conceive , or reason ; laugh , or weep , Embrace fond woe , or cast our cares away ; It is the same : for , be it joy or sorrow ...
... rest ; a dream has power to poison sleep . We rise ; one wand'ring thought pollutes the day . We feel , conceive , or reason ; laugh , or weep , Embrace fond woe , or cast our cares away ; It is the same : for , be it joy or sorrow ...
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... rest in your narrow beds , allow me this faint happiness , or take me , as your com- panion , away from the joys of life . " As I said this , I suddenly beheld the figure of a man , at some distance , ad- vancing towards me with ...
... rest in your narrow beds , allow me this faint happiness , or take me , as your com- panion , away from the joys of life . " As I said this , I suddenly beheld the figure of a man , at some distance , ad- vancing towards me with ...
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... rest of mankind . If you will comply with my conditions , I will leave them and you at peace ; but if you refuse , I will glut the maw of death , until it be satiated with the blood of your remaining friends . "剪" Abhorred monster ...
... rest of mankind . If you will comply with my conditions , I will leave them and you at peace ; but if you refuse , I will glut the maw of death , until it be satiated with the blood of your remaining friends . "剪" Abhorred monster ...
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... rests , whe- ther I quit for ever the neighbourhood of man , and lead a harmless life , or become the scourge of your fellow- creatures , and the author of your own speedy ruin . " As he said this , he led the way across the ice I ...
... rests , whe- ther I quit for ever the neighbourhood of man , and lead a harmless life , or become the scourge of your fellow- creatures , and the author of your own speedy ruin . " As he said this , he led the way across the ice I ...
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Frankenstein: or `The Modern Prometheus': The 1818 Text Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley Limited preview - 2018 |
Frankenstein: or `The Modern Prometheus': The 1818 Text Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley Limited preview - 2018 |
Frankenstein, Or, The Modern Prometheus: The 1818 Text Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley Limited preview - 2018 |
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