Frankenstein: Or, The Modern PrometheusLackington, Hughes, Harding, Mavor, & Jones, 1818 - Horror tales, English |
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... trees , formed a scene of singular beauty . But it was augmented and rendered sublime by the mighty Alps , whose white and shining pyramids and domes towered above all , as belonging to ano- ther earth , the habitations of another race ...
... trees , formed a scene of singular beauty . But it was augmented and rendered sublime by the mighty Alps , whose white and shining pyramids and domes towered above all , as belonging to ano- ther earth , the habitations of another race ...
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... trees lie broken and strewed on the ground ; some entirely destroyed , others bent , leaning upon the jutting rocks of the mountain , or trans- versely upon other trees . The path , as you ascend higher , is intersected by ra- vines of ...
... trees lie broken and strewed on the ground ; some entirely destroyed , others bent , leaning upon the jutting rocks of the mountain , or trans- versely upon other trees . The path , as you ascend higher , is intersected by ra- vines of ...
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... I ate some berries which I found hanging on the trees , or lying on the ground . I slaked my thirst at the brook ; and then lying down , c . 5 . THE MODERN PROMETHEUS . 33 hardly had I felt this, when, by opening ...
... I ate some berries which I found hanging on the trees , or lying on the ground . I slaked my thirst at the brook ; and then lying down , c . 5 . THE MODERN PROMETHEUS . 33 hardly had I felt this, when, by opening ...
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... trees . I gazed with a kind of wonder . moved slowly , but it enlightened my path ; and I again went out in search of berries . I was still cold , when under It one of the trees I found a huge cloak , 34 FRANKENSTEIN ; OR ,
... trees . I gazed with a kind of wonder . moved slowly , but it enlightened my path ; and I again went out in search of berries . I was still cold , when under It one of the trees I found a huge cloak , 34 FRANKENSTEIN ; OR ,
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... trees that shaded me with their foliage . I was delighted when I first discovered that a pleasant sound , which often saluted my ears , proceeded from the throats of the little winged animals who had often intercepted the light from my ...
... trees that shaded me with their foliage . I was delighted when I first discovered that a pleasant sound , which often saluted my ears , proceeded from the throats of the little winged animals who had often intercepted the light from my ...
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